#B9D172#B9D172

#B9D172 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.124 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D172
RGB	rgb(185, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(75, 51%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(75, 45%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 45.5%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -22.76, 44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 49.77, 117.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0636 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.124 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8455, 57.1302, 24.5283)
Luminance	0.5713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D172 #8A72D1

analogous

#D1B972 #B9D172 #89D172

triadic

#B9D172 #72B9D1 #D172B9

tetradic

#B9D172 #72D1B9 #8A72D1 #D17289

square

#B9D172 #72D1B9 #8A72D1 #D17289

split-complementary

#B9D172 #7289D1 #B972D1

monochromatic

#7E9731 #A2C244 #B9D172 #D0E0A0 #E7EFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#B9D172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#B9D172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D172

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D172	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC76A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.124 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdf9c',
    500: '#b9d172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d172;
$custom-light: #cfdf9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.158,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82183,
    "c": 0.12402,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D172

secondary

#5F4A9D

accent

#27BE4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D172

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

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