#B9DF57#B9DF57

#B9DF57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.167 H 123.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DF57
RGB	rgb(185, 223, 87)
HSL	hsl(77, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(77, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 0%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.85, -31.89, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.85, 68.66, 117.68°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.0915 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.167 123.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.1159, 63.7775, 18.7904)
Luminance	0.6378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DF57 #7D57DF

analogous

#DFC157 #B9DF57 #75DF57

triadic

#B9DF57 #57B9DF #DF57B9

tetradic

#B9DF57 #57DFC1 #7D57DF #DF5775

square

#B9DF57 #57DFC1 #7D57DF #DF5775

split-complementary

#B9DF57 #5775DF #C157DF

monochromatic

#7A9E1E #A2D128 #B9DF57 #CEE98A #E4F3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#B9DF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#B9DF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DF57

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DF57	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1D5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9df57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 223, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.167 123.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e98c',
    500: '#b9df57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9df57;
$custom-light: #d1e98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9df57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.765,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84983,
    "c": 0.16718,
    "h": 123.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DF57

secondary

#5639A1

accent

#16D04A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DF57

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

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