#B9DE42#B9DE42

#B9DE42 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.181 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DE42
RGB	rgb(185, 222, 66)
HSL	hsl(74, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(74, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.42, -32.81, 68.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.42, 75.98, 115.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.58% -0.096 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(84.58% 0.181 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1129, 62.9501, 14.8218)
Luminance	0.6295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DE42 #6742DE

analogous

#DEB542 #B9DE42 #6BDE42

triadic

#B9DE42 #42B9DE #DE42B9

tetradic

#B9DE42 #42DEB5 #6742DE #DE426B

square

#B9DE42 #42DEB5 #6742DE #DE426B

split-complementary

#B9DE42 #426BDE #B542DE

monochromatic

#718D19 #9BC122 #B9DE42 #CCE776 #E0F0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#B9DE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#B9DE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DE42

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DE42	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3D3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9de42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 222, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.181 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e880',
    500: '#b9de42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9de42;
$custom-light: #d2e880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9de42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84584,
    "c": 0.18081,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DE42

secondary

#493292

accent

#3BED65

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14160B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DE42

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

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