#B9D173#B9D173

#B9D173 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.123 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D173
RGB	rgb(185, 209, 115)
HSL	hsl(75, 51%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(75, 45%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 45%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -22.65, 43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 49.30, 117.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0632 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.123 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9027, 57.1531, 24.8297)
Luminance	0.5715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D173 #8B73D1

analogous

#D1BA73 #B9D173 #8AD173

triadic

#B9D173 #73B9D1 #D173B9

tetradic

#B9D173 #73D1BA #8B73D1 #D1738A

square

#B9D173 #73D1BA #8B73D1 #D1738A

split-complementary

#B9D173 #738AD1 #BA73D1

monochromatic

#7E9832 #A2C245 #B9D173 #D0E0A1 #E7EFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#B9D173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#B9D173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D173

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D173	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)

#DBC76B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 209, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.123 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdf9d',
    500: '#b9d173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d173;
$custom-light: #cfdf9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.319,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82198,
    "c": 0.12298,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D173

secondary

#604B9D

accent

#28BE4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D173

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

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