#B9DB38#B9DB38

#B9DB38 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.183 H 121.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DB38
RGB	rgb(185, 219, 56)
HSL	hsl(73, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(73, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.52, -31.94, 71.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.52, 77.88, 114.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% -0.0944 0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.183 121)
XYZ	xyz(46.0537, 61.2629, 13.1394)
Luminance	0.6126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DB38 #5A38DB

analogous

#DBAC38 #B9DB38 #68DB38

triadic

#B9DB38 #38B9DB #DB38B9

tetradic

#B9DB38 #38DBAC #5A38DB #DB3868

square

#B9DB38 #38DBAC #5A38DB #DB3868

split-complementary

#B9DB38 #3868DB #AC38DB

monochromatic

#6B8117 #96B521 #B9DB38 #CBE46C #DDEEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#B9DB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#B9DB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DB38

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DB38	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)

#E9CE11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9db38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 219, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.183 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e67b',
    500: '#b9db38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9db38;
$custom-light: #d2e67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9db38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.515,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83842,
    "c": 0.18313,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.61263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DB38

secondary

#422F88

accent

#3CEC60

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DB38

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

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