#B9DE53#B9DE53

#B9DE53 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.169 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DE53
RGB	rgb(185, 222, 83)
HSL	hsl(76, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(76, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.54, -31.73, 62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.54, 69.76, 117.05°)
OKLab	oklab(84.72% -0.0914 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(84.72% 0.169 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.6906, 63.1812, 17.8647)
Luminance	0.6318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DE53 #7853DE

analogous

#DEBD53 #B9DE53 #74DE53

triadic

#B9DE53 #53B9DE #DE53B9

tetradic

#B9DE53 #53DEBD #7853DE #DE5374

square

#B9DE53 #53DEBD #7853DE #DE5374

split-complementary

#B9DE53 #5374DE #BD53DE

monochromatic

#78991D #A1CD27 #B9DE53 #CEE886 #E3F2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#B9DE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#B9DE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DE53

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DE53	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9de53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 222, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.169 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e889',
    500: '#b9de53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9de53;
$custom-light: #d1e889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9de53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.971,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8472,
    "c": 0.16905,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DE53

secondary

#53389D

accent

#3DEB6B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DE53

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

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