#B9D156#B9D156

#B9D156 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.151 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D156
RGB	rgb(185, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(72, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(72, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 58.9%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, -25.35, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 62.32, 114.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0734 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.151 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4884, 56.5874, 17.3811)
Luminance	0.5659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D156 #6E56D1

analogous

#D1AB56 #B9D156 #7CD156

triadic

#B9D156 #56B9D1 #D156B9

tetradic

#B9D156 #56D1AB #6E56D1 #D1567C

square

#B9D156 #56D1AB #6E56D1 #D1567C

split-complementary

#B9D156 #567CD1 #AB56D1

monochromatic

#748825 #9EB832 #B9D156 #CDDE86 #E1EBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#B9D156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#B9D156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D156

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D156	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.151 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0df8a',
    500: '#b9d156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d156;
$custom-light: #d0df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.707,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81839,
    "c": 0.15063,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D156

secondary

#4D3D8E

accent

#47E065

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D156

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

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