#B9DB33#B9DB33

#B9DB33 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.186 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DB33
RGB	rgb(185, 219, 51)
HSL	hsl(72, 70%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(72, 77%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 76.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.49, -32.16, 72.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.49, 79.35, 113.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.0954 0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.186 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9375, 61.2164, 12.5272)
Luminance	0.6122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DB33 #5533DB

analogous

#DBA933 #B9DB33 #65DB33

triadic

#B9DB33 #33B9DB #DB33B9

tetradic

#B9DB33 #33DBA9 #5533DB #DB3365

square

#B9DB33 #33DBA9 #5533DB #DB3365

split-complementary

#B9DB33 #3365DB #A933DB

monochromatic

#697D16 #94B11F #B9DB33 #CBE467 #DDED9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#B9DB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#B9DB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DB33

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DB33	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)

#E9CE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9db33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 219, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.186 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e678',
    500: '#b9db33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9db33;
$custom-light: #d2e678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9db33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.143,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83814,
    "c": 0.18569,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DB33

secondary

#3F2D85

accent

#3BED5F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DB33

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

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