#B9DB51#B9DB51

#B9DB51 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.167 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DB51
RGB	rgb(185, 219, 81)
HSL	hsl(75, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(75, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.68, -30.47, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.68, 69.11, 116.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.03% -0.0881 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(84.03% 0.167 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8248, 61.5713, 17.2006)
Luminance	0.6157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DB51 #7351DB

analogous

#DBB851 #B9DB51 #74DB51

triadic

#B9DB51 #51B9DB #DB51B9

tetradic

#B9DB51 #51DBB8 #7351DB #DB5174

square

#B9DB51 #51DBB8 #7351DB #DB5174

split-complementary

#B9DB51 #5174DB #B851DB

monochromatic

#76931E #9FC629 #B9DB51 #CDE584 #E2F0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#B9DB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#B9DB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DB51

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DB51	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)

#E7CF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9db51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 219, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.167 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e688',
    500: '#b9db51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9db51;
$custom-light: #d1e688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9db51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.783,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84028,
    "c": 0.1669,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DB51

secondary

#503898

accent

#3FE969

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DB51

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

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