#B9CD65#B9CD65

#B9CD65 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.132 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD65
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 101)
HSL	hsl(72, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(72, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -22.11, 49.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 53.76, 114.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0628 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.132 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.1883, 54.9168, 20.5815)
Luminance	0.5492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD65 #7965CD

analogous

#CDAD65 #B9CD65 #85CD65

triadic

#B9CD65 #65B9CD #CD65B9

tetradic

#B9CD65 #65CDAD #7965CD #CD6585

square

#B9CD65 #65CDAD #7965CD #CD6585

split-complementary

#B9CD65 #6585CD #AD65CD

monochromatic

#798B2D #A1B93C #B9CD65 #CEDC93 #E3EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#B9CD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#B9CD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD65

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD65	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C35B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C46B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.132 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dc93',
    500: '#b9cd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd65;
$custom-light: #d0dc93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.538,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81123,
    "c": 0.13192,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD65

secondary

#544591

accent

#4DDA68

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD65

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

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