#B9D83E#B9D83E

#B9D83E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.176 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B9D83E
RGBrgb(185, 216, 62)
HSLhsl(72, 66%, 55%)
HSVhsv(72, 71%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(14.4%, 0%, 71.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(81.72, -30.24, 68.25)
CIE-LCHlch(81.72, 74.65, 113.90°)
OKLaboklab(83.2% -0.0892 0.1521)
OKLCHoklch(83.2% 0.176 120.4)
XYZxyz(45.4337, 59.7740, 13.7005)
Luminance0.5977 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B9D83E #5D3ED8
analogous
#D8AA3E #B9D83E #6CD83E
triadic
#B9D83E #3EB9D8 #D83EB9
tetradic
#B9D83E #3ED8AA #5D3ED8 #D83E6C
square
#B9D83E #3ED8AA #5D3ED8 #D83E6C
split-complementary
#B9D83E #3E6CD8 #AA3ED8
monochromatic
#6D811A #97B424 #B9D83E #CBE271 #DEEDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62
#B9D83E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95
#B9D83E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D83E
12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B9D83E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B9D83E1.001.6212.9512.95
#FFFFFF1.621.0021.0021.00
#00000012.9521.001.001.00
##00000012.9521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E5CB22
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CB4B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C3CDBA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b9d83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 216, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.176 120.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e47d',
    500: '#b9d83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b9d83e;
$custom-light: #d2e47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b9d83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.078,
    "s": 66.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83204,
    "c": 0.17629,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B9D83E
secondary
#433288
accent
#3EE961
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFCF2
border
#D4D5CC
text
#14150A
muted
#83847D

Preview Lab

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#B9D83E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva