#B9DC4E#B9DC4E
#B9DC4E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.170 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B9DC4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(185, 220, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(75, 67%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(75, 65%, 86%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(15.9%, 0%, 64.5%, 13.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.94, -31.15, 63.51) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.94, 70.74, 116.12°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.23% -0.0903 0.1445) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.23% 0.17 122) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.9765, 62.0507, 16.7084) |
| Luminance | 0.6205 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Yellowish Green
#B0DD16
ΔE00 3.66
Yellowgreen
#9ACD32
ΔE00 5.12
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 5.47
Slime Green
#99CC04
ΔE00 5.79
Yellowy Green
#BFF128
ΔE00 5.83
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 5.92
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B9DC4E #714EDC
analogous
#DCB84E #B9DC4E #72DC4E
triadic
#B9DC4E #4EB9DC #DC4EB9
tetradic
#B9DC4E #4EDCB8 #714EDC #DC4E72
square
#B9DC4E #4EDCB8 #714EDC #DC4E72
split-complementary
#B9DC4E #4E72DC #B84EDC
monochromatic
#76931D #9FC627 #B9DC4E #CDE681 #E1F0B4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.57
#B9DC4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.41
#B9DC4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B9DC4E
13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B9DC4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B9DC4E | 1.00 | 1.57 | 13.41 | 13.41 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.57 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E9CF3B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CF59
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C2D1BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b9dc4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 220, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.170 122.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d1e786',
500: '#b9dc4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b9dc4e; $custom-light: #d1e786; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b9dc4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 185,
"g": 220,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 74.789,
"s": 66.981,
"l": 58.431
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84226,
"c": 0.17035,
"h": 122
},
"luminance": 0.62051
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B9DC4E
secondary
#4F3797
accent
#3EEA68
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FBFCF3
border
#D4D5CD
text
#14160C
muted
#83847F