#B9D495#B9D495

#B9D495 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.089 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D495
RGB	rgb(185, 212, 149)
HSL	hsl(86, 42%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(86, 30%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 29.7%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.60, -19.86, 28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.60, 34.56, 125.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0536 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.089 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.9752, 59.5708, 37.3461)
Luminance	0.5957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D495 #B095D4

analogous

#D4CF95 #B9D495 #99D495

triadic

#B9D495 #95B9D4 #D495B9

tetradic

#B9D495 #95D4CF #B095D4 #D49599

square

#B9D495 #95D4CF #B095D4 #D49599

split-complementary

#B9D495 #9599D4 #CF95D4

monochromatic

#7FAA45 #9CC269 #B9D495 #D6E6C1 #F1F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#B9D495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#B9D495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D495

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D495	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCC91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCCEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 212, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.089 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cee1b4',
    500: '#b9d495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d495;
$custom-light: #cee1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.714,
    "s": 42.282,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83437,
    "c": 0.08898,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D495

secondary

#8263AA

accent

#30B569

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D495

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

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