#B9D455#B9D455

#B9D455 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.155 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D455
RGB	rgb(185, 212, 85)
HSL	hsl(73, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(73, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 59.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -26.87, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 64.17, 114.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.0777 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.155 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1914, 58.0573, 17.4180)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D455 #7055D4

analogous

#D4AF55 #B9D455 #79D455

triadic

#B9D455 #55B9D4 #D455B9

tetradic

#B9D455 #55D4AF #7055D4 #D45579

square

#B9D455 #55D4AF #7055D4 #D45579

split-complementary

#B9D455 #5579D4 #AF55D4

monochromatic

#758B23 #9EBC30 #B9D455 #CDE086 #E1EDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#B9D455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#B9D455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D455

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D455	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2CAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 212, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.155 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e18a',
    500: '#b9d455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d455;
$custom-light: #d1e18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.756,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82498,
    "c": 0.15515,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D455

secondary

#4E3C91

accent

#45E367

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D455

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

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