#B9D249#B9D249

#B9D249 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.162 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D249
RGB	rgb(185, 210, 73)
HSL	hsl(71, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(71, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 65.2%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -26.75, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 68.02, 113.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0785 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.162 119)
XYZ	xyz(44.2576, 56.8888, 14.9512)
Luminance	0.5689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D249 #6249D2

analogous

#D2A649 #B9D249 #74D249

triadic

#B9D249 #49B9D2 #D249B9

tetradic

#B9D249 #49D2A6 #6249D2 #D24974

square

#B9D249 #49D2A6 #6249D2 #D24974

split-complementary

#B9D249 #4974D2 #A649D2

monochromatic

#6F8120 #99B22C #B9D249 #CCDE7A #DFEAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#B9D249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#B9D249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D249

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D249	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 210, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.162 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1df83',
    500: '#b9d249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d249;
$custom-light: #d1df83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.949,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81941,
    "c": 0.16202,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.56889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D249

secondary

#463788

accent

#44E361

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D249

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

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