#B9D461#B9D461

#B9D461 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.145 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D461
RGB	rgb(185, 212, 97)
HSL	hsl(74, 57%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(74, 54%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 54.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -25.88, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 59.05, 115.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% -0.0738 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.145 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7092, 58.2644, 20.1451)
Luminance	0.5826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D461 #7C61D4

analogous

#D4B561 #B9D461 #7FD461

triadic

#B9D461 #61B9D4 #D461B9

tetradic

#B9D461 #61D4B5 #7C61D4 #D4617F

square

#B9D461 #61D4B5 #7C61D4 #D4617F

split-complementary

#B9D461 #617FD4 #B561D4

monochromatic

#7A9328 #A2C335 #B9D461 #CEE191 #E4EEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#B9D461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#B9D461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D461

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D461	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 212, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.145 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e191',
    500: '#b9d461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d461;
$custom-light: #d0e191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.087,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82627,
    "c": 0.14471,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D461

secondary

#564198

accent

#21C547

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D461

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

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