#B9DF42#B9DF42

#B9DF42 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.182 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DF42
RGB	rgb(185, 223, 66)
HSL	hsl(75, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(75, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 0%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.70, -33.27, 68.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.70, 76.43, 115.81°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.0972 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.182 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.3793, 63.4829, 14.9106)
Luminance	0.6348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DF42 #6842DF

analogous

#DFB642 #B9DF42 #6BDF42

triadic

#B9DF42 #42B9DF #DF42B9

tetradic

#B9DF42 #42DFB6 #6842DF #DF426B

square

#B9DF42 #42DFB6 #6842DF #DF426B

split-complementary

#B9DF42 #426BDF #B642DF

monochromatic

#728E18 #9CC321 #B9DF42 #CCE876 #E0F1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#B9DF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#B9DF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DF42

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DF42	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3D4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9df42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 223, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.182 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e980',
    500: '#b9df42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9df42;
$custom-light: #d2e980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9df42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.522,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84809,
    "c": 0.18198,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DF42

secondary

#493294

accent

#3AEE66

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14160B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DF42

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

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