#B9D174#B9D174

#B9D174 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.122 H 121.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D174
RGB	rgb(185, 209, 116)
HSL	hsl(75, 50%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(75, 44%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 44.5%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, -22.54, 43.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 48.83, 117.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0628 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.122 121)
XYZ	xyz(45.9606, 57.1762, 25.1344)
Luminance	0.5718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D174 #8C74D1

analogous

#D1BA74 #B9D174 #8AD174

triadic

#B9D174 #74B9D1 #D174B9

tetradic

#B9D174 #74D1BA #8C74D1 #D1748A

square

#B9D174 #74D1BA #8C74D1 #D1748A

split-complementary

#B9D174 #748AD1 #BA74D1

monochromatic

#7E9832 #A2C246 #B9D174 #D0E0A2 #E7EFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#B9D174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#B9D174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D174

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D174	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC76C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 209, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.122 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdf9e',
    500: '#b9d174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d174;
$custom-light: #cfdf9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.484,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82212,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.57176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D174

secondary

#614C9E

accent

#28BE4F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D174

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

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