#B9D549#B9D549

#B9D549 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.166 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D549
RGB	rgb(185, 213, 73)
HSL	hsl(72, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(72, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 0%, 65.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -28.18, 63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 69.39, 113.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% -0.0825 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.166 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0052, 58.3840, 15.2004)
Luminance	0.5838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D549 #6549D5

analogous

#D5AB49 #B9D549 #73D549

triadic

#B9D549 #49B9D5 #D549B9

tetradic

#B9D549 #49D5AB #6549D5 #D54973

square

#B9D549 #49D5AB #6549D5 #D54973

split-complementary

#B9D549 #4973D5 #AB49D5

monochromatic

#70851F #9BB72A #B9D549 #CCE07B #DFECAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#B9D549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#B9D549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D549

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D549	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 213, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.166 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e283',
    500: '#b9d549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d549;
$custom-light: #d1e283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82613,
    "c": 0.16557,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D549

secondary

#48378C

accent

#42E663

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D549

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

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