#B9D464#B9D464
#B9D464 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.142 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B9D464 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(185, 212, 100) |
| HSL | hsl(74, 57%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(74, 53%, 83%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 52.8%, 16.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.92, -25.61, 51.74) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.92, 57.73, 116.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.66% -0.0728 0.1219) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.66% 0.142 120.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.8517, 58.3214, 20.8957) |
| Luminance | 0.5832 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pale Olive Green
#B1D27B
ΔE00 4.50
Greenish Beige
#C9D179
ΔE00 4.85
Greenish Tan
#BCCB7A
ΔE00 4.93
Pale Olive
#B9CC81
ΔE00 5.77
Light Olive Green
#A4BE5C
ΔE00 5.78
Yellowgreen
#9ACD32
ΔE00 5.93
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B9D464 #7F64D4
analogous
#D4B764 #B9D464 #81D464
triadic
#B9D464 #64B9D4 #D464B9
tetradic
#B9D464 #64D4B7 #7F64D4 #D46481
square
#B9D464 #64D4B7 #7F64D4 #D46481
split-complementary
#B9D464 #6481D4 #B764D4
monochromatic
#7B9429 #A2C436 #B9D464 #CFE194 #E4EFC4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.66
#B9D464 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.66
#B9D464 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B9D464
12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B9D464 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B9D464 | 1.00 | 1.66 | 12.66 | 12.66 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.66 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.66 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.66 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DFC959
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCC96B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C1CABB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b9d464; /* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 212, 100); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.142 120.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d0e193',
500: '#b9d464',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b9d464; $custom-light: #d0e193; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b9d464",
"rgb": {
"r": 185,
"g": 212,
"b": 100
},
"hsl": {
"h": 74.464,
"s": 56.566,
"l": 61.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82663,
"c": 0.14193,
"h": 120.8
},
"luminance": 0.58321
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B9D464
secondary
#58439A
accent
#21C449
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FBFCF4
border
#D4D5CE
text
#14150D
muted
#83847F