#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
RGB	rgb(185, 216, 62)
HSL	hsl(72, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(72, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 71.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, -30.24, 68.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 74.65, 113.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% -0.0892 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.176 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4337, 59.7740, 13.7005)
Luminance	0.5977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##B9D83E	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #B9D83E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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