#B9DB78#B9DB78

#B9DB78 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.132 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DB78
RGB	rgb(185, 219, 120)
HSL	hsl(81, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(81, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 45.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.09, -26.93, 44.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.09, 52.31, 120.99°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.0749 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.132 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7291, 62.3331, 27.2299)
Luminance	0.6233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DB78 #9A78DB

analogous

#DBCC78 #B9DB78 #88DB78

triadic

#B9DB78 #78B9DB #DB78B9

tetradic

#B9DB78 #78DBCC #9A78DB #DB7888

square

#B9DB78 #78DBCC #9A78DB #DB7888

split-complementary

#B9DB78 #7888DB #CC78DB

monochromatic

#80AB2E #A0CE48 #B9DB78 #D2E8A8 #EBF5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#B9DB78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#B9DB78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DB78

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DB78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DB78	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CF7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9db78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 219, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.132 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe6a1',
    500: '#b9db78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9db78;
$custom-light: #cfe6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9db78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.606,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84485,
    "c": 0.13155,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DB78

secondary

#6C4AAE

accent

#20C559

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14160F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DB78

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

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