#B9D242#B9D242

#B9D242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.167 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D242
RGB	rgb(185, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 68.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -27.18, 65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 70.62, 112.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0804 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.167 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0384, 56.8011, 13.7969)
Luminance	0.5680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D242 #5B42D2

analogous

#D2A342 #B9D242 #71D242

triadic

#B9D242 #42B9D2 #D242B9

tetradic

#B9D242 #42D2A3 #5B42D2 #D24271

square

#B9D242 #42D2A3 #5B42D2 #D24271

split-complementary

#B9D242 #4271D2 #A342D2

monochromatic

#6C7C1E #97AD29 #B9D242 #CBDE73 #DEEAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#B9D242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#B9D242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D242

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D242	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.167 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1df7f',
    500: '#b9d242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d242;
$custom-light: #d1df7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.417,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81886,
    "c": 0.16686,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D242

secondary

#423484

accent

#43E55F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D242

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

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