#B9DB55#B9DB55

#B9DB55 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.164 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DB55
RGB	rgb(185, 219, 85)
HSL	hsl(75, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(75, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.72, -30.18, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.72, 67.53, 116.55°)
OKLab	oklab(84.07% -0.0869 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(84.07% 0.164 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.9793, 61.6331, 18.0140)
Luminance	0.6163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DB55 #7755DB

analogous

#DBBA55 #B9DB55 #76DB55

triadic

#B9DB55 #55B9DB #DB55B9

tetradic

#B9DB55 #55DBBA #7755DB #DB5576

square

#B9DB55 #55DBBA #7755DB #DB5576

split-complementary

#B9DB55 #5576DB #BA55DB

monochromatic

#789620 #A0C82A #B9DB55 #CEE688 #E3F0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#B9DB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#B9DB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DB55

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DB55	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9db55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 219, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.164 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e68a',
    500: '#b9db55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9db55;
$custom-light: #d1e68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9db55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.224,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84065,
    "c": 0.16379,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DB55

secondary

#523A9A

accent

#40E86A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DB55

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

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