#B9D355#B9D355

#B9D355 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.154 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D355
RGB	rgb(185, 211, 85)
HSL	hsl(72, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(72, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 59.7%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -26.39, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 63.69, 114.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0764 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.154 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9422, 57.5589, 17.3349)
Luminance	0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D355 #6F55D3

analogous

#D3AE55 #B9D355 #7AD355

triadic

#B9D355 #55B9D3 #D355B9

tetradic

#B9D355 #55D3AE #6F55D3 #D3557A

square

#B9D355 #55D3AE #6F55D3 #D3557A

split-complementary

#B9D355 #557AD3 #AE55D3

monochromatic

#758A24 #9EBB30 #B9D355 #CDE086 #E1ECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#B9D355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#B9D355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D355

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D355	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 211, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.154 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e08a',
    500: '#b9d355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d355;
$custom-light: #d1e08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.381,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82275,
    "c": 0.15392,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D355

secondary

#4D3C90

accent

#46E266

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D355

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

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