#B9DB56#B9DB56

#B9DB56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.163 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DB56
RGB	rgb(185, 219, 86)
HSL	hsl(75, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(75, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.73, -30.10, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.73, 67.13, 116.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% -0.0866 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.163 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0193, 61.6491, 18.2247)
Luminance	0.6165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DB56 #7856DB

analogous

#DBBA56 #B9DB56 #77DB56

triadic

#B9DB56 #56B9DB #DB56B9

tetradic

#B9DB56 #56DBBA #7856DB #DB5677

square

#B9DB56 #56DBBA #7856DB #DB5677

split-complementary

#B9DB56 #5677DB #BA56DB

monochromatic

#789720 #A1C92B #B9DB56 #CEE688 #E3F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#B9DB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#B9DB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DB56

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DB56	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)

#E7CF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9db56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 219, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.163 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e68b',
    500: '#b9db56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9db56;
$custom-light: #d1e68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9db56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.338,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84075,
    "c": 0.16299,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DB56

secondary

#533A9B

accent

#40E86B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DB56

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

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