#B9D456#B9D456

#B9D456 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.154 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D456
RGB	rgb(185, 212, 86)
HSL	hsl(73, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(73, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 59.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.78, -26.79, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.78, 63.76, 114.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% -0.0774 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.154 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2314, 58.0733, 17.6287)
Luminance	0.5807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D456 #7156D4

analogous

#D4B056 #B9D456 #7AD456

triadic

#B9D456 #56B9D4 #D456B9

tetradic

#B9D456 #56D4B0 #7156D4 #D4567A

square

#B9D456 #56D4B0 #7156D4 #D4567A

split-complementary

#B9D456 #567AD4 #B056D4

monochromatic

#768C24 #9FBD30 #B9D456 #CDE087 #E1EDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#B9D456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#B9D456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D456

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D456	1.00	1.66	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.66	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)

#E0C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2CAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 212, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.154 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e18a',
    500: '#b9d456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d456;
$custom-light: #d1e18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.857,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82508,
    "c": 0.15432,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D456

secondary

#4F3C92

accent

#45E367

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D456

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

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