#B9D478#B9D478

#B9D478 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.122 H 122.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D478
RGB	rgb(185, 212, 120)
HSL	hsl(78, 52%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(78, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 43.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.16, -23.56, 42.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.16, 48.54, 119.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.0654 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.122 122.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9412, 58.7572, 26.6340)
Luminance	0.5876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D478 #9378D4

analogous

#D4C178 #B9D478 #8BD478

triadic

#B9D478 #78B9D4 #D478B9

tetradic

#B9D478 #78D4C1 #9378D4 #D4788B

square

#B9D478 #78D4C1 #9378D4 #D4788B

split-complementary

#B9D478 #788BD4 #C178D4

monochromatic

#7F9F33 #A1C54A #B9D478 #D1E3A6 #E9F2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#B9D478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#B9D478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D478

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D478	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECA71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACA7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0CCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 212, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.122 122.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe1a0',
    500: '#b9d478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d478;
$custom-light: #cfe1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.609,
    "s": 51.685,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82934,
    "c": 0.1218,
    "h": 122.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D478

secondary

#664DA4

accent

#26BF53

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D478

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →