#B9DB37#B9DB37

#B9DB37 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.613; 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	#B9DB37
RGB	rgb(185, 219, 55)
HSL	hsl(72, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(72, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 74.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.51, -31.98, 71.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.51, 78.18, 114.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% -0.0946 0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.184 121)
XYZ	xyz(46.0295, 61.2532, 13.0118)
Luminance	0.6125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DB37 #5937DB

analogous

#DBAB37 #B9DB37 #67DB37

triadic

#B9DB37 #37B9DB #DB37B9

tetradic

#B9DB37 #37DBAB #5937DB #DB3767

square

#B9DB37 #37DBAB #5937DB #DB3767

split-complementary

#B9DB37 #3767DB #AB37DB

monochromatic

#6B8017 #96B420 #B9DB37 #CBE46B #DDEE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#B9DB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#B9DB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DB37

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DB37	1.00	1.58	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.58	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)

#E9CE0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9db37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 219, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.184 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e67a',
    500: '#b9db37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9db37;
$custom-light: #d2e67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9db37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.439,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83836,
    "c": 0.18365,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.61253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DB37

secondary

#412F87

accent

#3BEC60

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DB37

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

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