#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
RGBrgb(185, 222, 66)
HSLhsl(74, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(74, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(16.7%, 0%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(83.42, -32.81, 68.52)
CIE-LCHlch(83.42, 75.98, 115.59°)
OKLaboklab(84.58% -0.096 0.1533)
OKLCHoklch(84.58% 0.181 122.1)
XYZxyz(47.1129, 62.9501, 14.8218)
Luminance0.6295 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-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
##B9DE421.001.5513.5913.59
#FFFFFF1.551.0021.0021.00
#00000013.5921.001.001.00
##00000013.5921.001.001.00

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

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#B9DE42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva