#B9CD69#B9CD69

#B9CD69 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.128 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD69
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 105)
HSL	hsl(72, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 48.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -21.73, 47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 51.91, 114.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0614 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.128 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3891, 54.9971, 21.6389)
Luminance	0.5500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD69 #7D69CD

analogous

#CDAF69 #B9CD69 #87CD69

triadic

#B9CD69 #69B9CD #CD69B9

tetradic

#B9CD69 #69CDAF #7D69CD #CD6987

square

#B9CD69 #69CDAF #7D69CD #CD6987

split-complementary

#B9CD69 #6987CD #AF69CD

monochromatic

#7A8D2F #A2BB3E #B9CD69 #CEDC97 #E4ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#B9CD69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#B9CD69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD69

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD69	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C46E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.128 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dc96',
    500: '#b9cd69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd69;
$custom-light: #d0dc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81175,
    "c": 0.12795,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD69

secondary

#564793

accent

#28BD46

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD69

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

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