#B9DC59#B9DC59

#B9DC59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.162 H 122.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DC59
RGB	rgb(185, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(76, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(76, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 0%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.03, -30.34, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.03, 66.39, 117.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.087 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.162 122.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.4044, 62.2218, 18.9619)
Luminance	0.6222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DC59 #7C59DC

analogous

#DCBE59 #B9DC59 #77DC59

triadic

#B9DC59 #59B9DC #DC59B9

tetradic

#B9DC59 #59DCBE #7C59DC #DC5977

square

#B9DC59 #59DCBE #7C59DC #DC5977

split-complementary

#B9DC59 #5977DC #BE59DC

monochromatic

#7A9A20 #A1CD2B #B9DC59 #CEE78C #E4F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#B9DC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#B9DC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DC59

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DC59	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)

#E8D04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1D2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9dc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.162 122.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e78d',
    500: '#b9dc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9dc59;
$custom-light: #d1e78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9dc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.031,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84329,
    "c": 0.16182,
    "h": 122.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DC59

secondary

#563B9E

accent

#18CD49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DC59

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

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