#B9D255#B9D255

#B9D255 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.153 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D255
RGB	rgb(185, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(72, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(72, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 59.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.22, -25.91, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.22, 63.22, 114.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.075 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.153 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6945, 57.0636, 17.2524)
Luminance	0.5706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D255 #6E55D2

analogous

#D2AC55 #B9D255 #7AD255

triadic

#B9D255 #55B9D2 #D255B9

tetradic

#B9D255 #55D2AC #6E55D2 #D2557A

square

#B9D255 #55D2AC #6E55D2 #D2557A

split-complementary

#B9D255 #557AD2 #AC55D2

monochromatic

#748824 #9EB931 #B9D255 #CDDF85 #E1ECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#B9D255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#B9D255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D255

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D255	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.153 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1df8a',
    500: '#b9d255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d255;
$custom-light: #d1df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82052,
    "c": 0.1527,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D255

secondary

#4D3C8F

accent

#46E165

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D255

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

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