#B9DB59#B9DB59

#B9DB59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.161 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DB59
RGB	rgb(185, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(76, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(76, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.75, -29.87, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.75, 65.91, 116.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.0857 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.161 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.1427, 61.6985, 18.8747)
Luminance	0.6170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DB59 #7B59DB

analogous

#DBBC59 #B9DB59 #78DB59

triadic

#B9DB59 #59B9DB #DB59B9

tetradic

#B9DB59 #59DBBC #7B59DB #DB5978

square

#B9DB59 #59DBBC #7B59DB #DB5978

split-complementary

#B9DB59 #5978DB #BC59DB

monochromatic

#799921 #A1CB2C #B9DB59 #CEE68B #E3F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#B9DB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#B9DB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DB59

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DB59	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9db59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.161 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e68d',
    500: '#b9db59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9db59;
$custom-light: #d1e68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9db59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.692,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84105,
    "c": 0.16056,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DB59

secondary

#553B9D

accent

#19CC48

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DB59

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

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