#B9D442#B9D442

#B9D442 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.169 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D442
RGB	rgb(185, 212, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(71, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -28.13, 65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 71.51, 113.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.083 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.169 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5353, 57.7949, 13.9626)
Luminance	0.5779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D442 #5D42D4

analogous

#D4A642 #B9D442 #70D442

triadic

#B9D442 #42B9D4 #D442B9

tetradic

#B9D442 #42D4A6 #5D42D4 #D44270

square

#B9D442 #42D4A6 #5D42D4 #D44270

split-complementary

#B9D442 #4270D4 #A642D4

monochromatic

#6D7F1D #97B128 #B9D442 #CBDF74 #DEEBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#B9D442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#B9D442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D442

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D442	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 212, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.169 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e17f',
    500: '#b9d442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d442;
$custom-light: #d1e17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.096,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82334,
    "c": 0.16918,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D442

secondary

#433486

accent

#42E660

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D442

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

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