#B9DB4E#B9DB4E

#B9DB4E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.169 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DB4E
RGB	rgb(185, 219, 78)
HSL	hsl(74, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(74, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 64.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, -30.68, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 70.27, 115.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84% -0.089 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(84% 0.169 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7148, 61.5273, 16.6212)
Luminance	0.6153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DB4E #704EDB

analogous

#DBB64E #B9DB4E #72DB4E

triadic

#B9DB4E #4EB9DB #DB4EB9

tetradic

#B9DB4E #4EDBB6 #704EDB #DB4E72

square

#B9DB4E #4EDBB6 #704EDB #DB4E72

split-complementary

#B9DB4E #4E72DB #B64EDB

monochromatic

#75911E #9EC428 #B9DB4E #CDE581 #E1F0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#B9DB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#B9DB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DB4E

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DB4E	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9db4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 219, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.169 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e686',
    500: '#b9db4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9db4e;
$custom-light: #d1e686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9db4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.468,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84002,
    "c": 0.16914,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DB4E

secondary

#4E3796

accent

#3FE968

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF3

border

#D4D5CD

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DB4E

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

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