#B9DB36#B9DB36

#B9DB36 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.184 H 121.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DB36
RGB	rgb(185, 219, 54)
HSL	hsl(72, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(72, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 75.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.51, -32.03, 71.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.51, 78.48, 114.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.0948 0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.184 121)
XYZ	xyz(46.0058, 61.2437, 12.8869)
Luminance	0.6124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DB36 #5836DB

analogous

#DBAB36 #B9DB36 #66DB36

triadic

#B9DB36 #36B9DB #DB36B9

tetradic

#B9DB36 #36DBAB #5836DB #DB3666

square

#B9DB36 #36DBAB #5836DB #DB3666

split-complementary

#B9DB36 #3666DB #AB36DB

monochromatic

#6A8017 #95B420 #B9DB36 #CBE46A #DDEE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#B9DB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#B9DB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DB36

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DB36	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)

#E9CE09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9db36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 219, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.184 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e67a',
    500: '#b9db36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9db36;
$custom-light: #d2e67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9db36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.364,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83831,
    "c": 0.18418,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.61244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DB36

secondary

#412E87

accent

#3BEC60

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DB36

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

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