#B9D149#B9D149

#B9D149 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.161 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D149
RGB	rgb(185, 209, 73)
HSL	hsl(71, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(71, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 65.1%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -26.28, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 67.57, 112.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0772 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.161 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0114, 56.3966, 14.8691)
Luminance	0.5640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D149 #6149D1

analogous

#D1A549 #B9D149 #75D149

triadic

#B9D149 #49B9D1 #D149B9

tetradic

#B9D149 #49D1A5 #6149D1 #D14975

square

#B9D149 #49D1A5 #6149D1 #D14975

split-complementary

#B9D149 #4975D1 #A549D1

monochromatic

#6F7F20 #99B02D #B9D149 #CCDD7A #DFEAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#B9D149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#B9D149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D149

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D149	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 209, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.161 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1df82',
    500: '#b9d149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d149;
$custom-light: #d1df82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.588,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81718,
    "c": 0.16085,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D149

secondary

#453787

accent

#45E361

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D149

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

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