#B9DB57#B9DB57

#B9DB57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.162 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DB57
RGB	rgb(185, 219, 87)
HSL	hsl(75, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(75, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.74, -30.03, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.74, 66.72, 116.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% -0.0863 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.162 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0598, 61.6654, 18.4384)
Luminance	0.6167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DB57 #7957DB

analogous

#DBBB57 #B9DB57 #77DB57

triadic

#B9DB57 #57B9DB #DB57B9

tetradic

#B9DB57 #57DBBB #7957DB #DB5777

square

#B9DB57 #57DBBB #7957DB #DB5777

split-complementary

#B9DB57 #5777DB #BB57DB

monochromatic

#799720 #A1CA2B #B9DB57 #CEE689 #E3F1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#B9DB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#B9DB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DB57

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DB57	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)

#E7CF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9db57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 219, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.162 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e68b',
    500: '#b9db57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9db57;
$custom-light: #d1e68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9db57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.455,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84085,
    "c": 0.16219,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DB57

secondary

#543B9C

accent

#40E86B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DB57

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

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