#B9DB35#B9DB35

#B9DB35 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.185 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DB35
RGB	rgb(185, 219, 53)
HSL	hsl(72, 70%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(72, 76%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 75.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.50, -32.08, 71.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.50, 78.78, 114.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.095 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.185 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9825, 61.2344, 12.7645)
Luminance	0.6123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DB35 #5735DB

analogous

#DBAA35 #B9DB35 #66DB35

triadic

#B9DB35 #35B9DB #DB35B9

tetradic

#B9DB35 #35DBAA #5735DB #DB3566

square

#B9DB35 #35DBAA #5735DB #DB3566

split-complementary

#B9DB35 #3566DB #AA35DB

monochromatic

#6A7F17 #95B320 #B9DB35 #CBE469 #DDEE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#B9DB35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#B9DB35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DB35

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DB35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DB35	1.00	1.59	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CE05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9db35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 219, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.185 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e679',
    500: '#b9db35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9db35;
$custom-light: #d2e679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9db35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.289,
    "s": 69.748,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83825,
    "c": 0.18469,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DB35

secondary

#402E86

accent

#3BED60

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DB35

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

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