#B9D151#B9D151

#B9D151 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.155 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D151
RGB	rgb(185, 209, 81)
HSL	hsl(71, 58%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(71, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 61.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -25.73, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 64.39, 113.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0749 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.155 119)
XYZ	xyz(44.2939, 56.5096, 16.3570)
Luminance	0.5651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D151 #6951D1

analogous

#D1A951 #B9D151 #79D151

triadic

#B9D151 #51B9D1 #D151B9

tetradic

#B9D151 #51D1A9 #6951D1 #D15179

square

#B9D151 #51D1A9 #6951D1 #D15179

split-complementary

#B9D151 #5179D1 #A951D1

monochromatic

#728523 #9CB530 #B9D151 #CCDE81 #E0EBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#B9D151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#B9D151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D151

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D151	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 209, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.155 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1df87',
    500: '#b9d151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d151;
$custom-light: #d1df87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.25,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8179,
    "c": 0.15473,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.56509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D151

secondary

#4A3B8B

accent

#46E163

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D151

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

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