#B9DB72#B9DB72

#B9DB72 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.138 H 124.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DB72
RGB	rgb(185, 219, 114)
HSL	hsl(79, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(79, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 47.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.02, -27.58, 47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.02, 55.05, 120.07°)
OKLab	oklab(84.4% -0.0771 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(84.4% 0.138 124.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3764, 62.1920, 25.3720)
Luminance	0.6219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DB72 #9472DB

analogous

#DBC972 #B9DB72 #84DB72

triadic

#B9DB72 #72B9DB #DB72B9

tetradic

#B9DB72 #72DBC9 #9472DB #DB7284

square

#B9DB72 #72DBC9 #9472DB #DB7284

split-complementary

#B9DB72 #7284DB #C972DB

monochromatic

#7FA82B #A1CF41 #B9DB72 #D1E7A3 #E9F4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#B9DB72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#B9DB72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DB72

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DB72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DB72	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9db72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 219, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.138 124.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e69d',
    500: '#b9db72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9db72;
$custom-light: #d0e69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9db72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.429,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84401,
    "c": 0.13765,
    "h": 124.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DB72

secondary

#6747AB

accent

#1FC755

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14160E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DB72

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

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