#B9DA59#B9DA59

#B9DA59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.159 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DA59
RGB	rgb(185, 218, 89)
HSL	hsl(75, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(75, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 0%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.47, -29.40, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.47, 65.42, 116.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.88% -0.0844 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(83.88% 0.159 122)
XYZ	xyz(46.8826, 61.1783, 18.7880)
Luminance	0.6118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DA59 #7A59DA

analogous

#DABB59 #B9DA59 #78DA59

triadic

#B9DA59 #59B9DA #DA59B9

tetradic

#B9DA59 #59DABB #7A59DA #DA5978

square

#B9DA59 #59DABB #7A59DA #DA5978

split-complementary

#B9DA59 #5978DA #BB59DA

monochromatic

#799722 #A1C92D #B9DA59 #CEE58B #E3F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#B9DA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#B9DA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DA59

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DA59	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9da59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 218, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.159 122.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e58d',
    500: '#b9da59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9da59;
$custom-light: #d1e58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9da59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.349,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8388,
    "c": 0.15931,
    "h": 122
  },
  "luminance": 0.61178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DA59

secondary

#543C9B

accent

#1ACB47

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DA59

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

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