#B9E338#B9E338

#B9E338 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.192 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E338
RGB	rgb(185, 227, 56)
HSL	hsl(75, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(75, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 0%, 75.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.76, -35.61, 73.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.76, 81.35, 115.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.1044 0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.192 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1911, 65.5377, 13.8518)
Luminance	0.6554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E338 #6238E3

analogous

#E3B738 #B9E338 #63E338

triadic

#B9E338 #38B9E3 #E338B9

tetradic

#B9E338 #38E3B7 #6238E3 #E33863

square

#B9E338 #38E3B7 #6238E3 #E33863

split-complementary

#B9E338 #3863E3 #B738E3

monochromatic

#6F8D14 #99C21B #B9E338 #CCEB6E #DFF2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#B9E338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#B9E338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E338

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E338	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D509

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3D7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 227, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.192 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ec7c',
    500: '#b9e338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e338;
$custom-light: #d2ec7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.737,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85651,
    "c": 0.19223,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E338

secondary

#462D92

accent

#36F264

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFDF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E338

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

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