#B9D542#B9D542

#B9D542 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.170 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D542
RGB	rgb(185, 213, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(71, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 0%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.90, -28.61, 66.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.90, 71.95, 113.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.0843 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.17 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7860, 58.2964, 14.0462)
Luminance	0.5830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D542 #5E42D5

analogous

#D5A842 #B9D542 #6FD542

triadic

#B9D542 #42B9D5 #D542B9

tetradic

#B9D542 #42D5A8 #5E42D5 #D5426F

square

#B9D542 #42D5A8 #5E42D5 #D5426F

split-complementary

#B9D542 #426FD5 #A842D5

monochromatic

#6D801C #98B228 #B9D542 #CCE074 #DEEBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#B9D542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#B9D542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D542

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D542	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)

#E2C92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 213, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.170 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e17f',
    500: '#b9d542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d542;
$custom-light: #d1e17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.429,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82558,
    "c": 0.17034,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D542

secondary

#443487

accent

#41E761

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D542

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

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