#B9D356#B9D356

#B9D356 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.153 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D356
RGB	rgb(185, 211, 86)
HSL	hsl(72, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(72, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 59.2%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -26.31, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 63.28, 114.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.0761 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.153 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9822, 57.5749, 17.5456)
Luminance	0.5757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D356 #7056D3

analogous

#D3AE56 #B9D356 #7AD356

triadic

#B9D356 #56B9D3 #D356B9

tetradic

#B9D356 #56D3AE #7056D3 #D3567A

square

#B9D356 #56D3AE #7056D3 #D3567A

split-complementary

#B9D356 #567AD3 #AE56D3

monochromatic

#758B24 #9EBB31 #B9D356 #CDE087 #E1ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#B9D356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#B9D356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D356

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D356	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 211, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.153 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e08a',
    500: '#b9d356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d356;
$custom-light: #d1e08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.48,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82285,
    "c": 0.15309,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D356

secondary

#4E3C91

accent

#46E266

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D356

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

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