#B9CD57#B9CD57

#B9CD57 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.145 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD57
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(70, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(70, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -23.33, 55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 59.99, 112.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0676 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.145 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5599, 54.6654, 17.2717)
Luminance	0.5466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD57 #6B57CD

analogous

#CDA657 #B9CD57 #7ECD57

triadic

#B9CD57 #57B9CD #CD57B9

tetradic

#B9CD57 #57CDA6 #6B57CD #CD577E

square

#B9CD57 #57CDA6 #6B57CD #CD577E

split-complementary

#B9CD57 #577ECD #A657CD

monochromatic

#738327 #9DB235 #B9CD57 #CDDB86 #E0E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#B9CD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#B9CD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD57

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD57	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.145 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dc8a',
    500: '#b9cd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd57;
$custom-light: #d0dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.169,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8096,
    "c": 0.14486,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD57

secondary

#4B3E8A

accent

#4ADD63

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD57

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

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