#B9D487#B9D487

#B9D487 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.105 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D487
RGB	rgb(185, 212, 135)
HSL	hsl(81, 47%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(81, 36%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 36.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.37, -21.75, 35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.37, 41.36, 121.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0594 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.105 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.9239, 59.1503, 31.8094)
Luminance	0.5915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D487 #A287D4

analogous

#D4C887 #B9D487 #92D487

triadic

#B9D487 #87B9D4 #D487B9

tetradic

#B9D487 #87D4C8 #A287D4 #D48792

square

#B9D487 #87D4C8 #A287D4 #D48792

split-complementary

#B9D487 #8792D4 #C887D4

monochromatic

#80A53B #9FC45A #B9D487 #D3E4B4 #EEF4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#B9D487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#B9D487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D487

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D487	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCB81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CA8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BECDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 212, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.105 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe1ab',
    500: '#b9d487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d487;
$custom-light: #cfe1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.039,
    "s": 47.239,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83178,
    "c": 0.10523,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D487

secondary

#7355AA

accent

#2BBA5D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF7

border

#D4D5D0

text

#141510

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D487

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

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