#B9D440#B9D440

#B9D440 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.170 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D440
RGB	rgb(185, 212, 64)
HSL	hsl(71, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(71, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, -28.25, 66.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 72.21, 113.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% -0.0835 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.17 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4773, 57.7717, 13.6574)
Luminance	0.5777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D440 #5B40D4

analogous

#D4A540 #B9D440 #6FD440

triadic

#B9D440 #40B9D4 #D440B9

tetradic

#B9D440 #40D4A5 #5B40D4 #D4406F

square

#B9D440 #40D4A5 #5B40D4 #D4406F

split-complementary

#B9D440 #406FD4 #A540D4

monochromatic

#6C7D1C #97AF27 #B9D440 #CBDF72 #DEEAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#B9D440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#B9D440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D440

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D440	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 212, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.170 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e17e',
    500: '#b9d440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d440;
$custom-light: #d1e17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.946,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82319,
    "c": 0.17046,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D440

secondary

#423385

accent

#42E660

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D440

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

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