#B9D556#B9D556

#B9D556 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.156 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D556
RGB	rgb(185, 213, 86)
HSL	hsl(73, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 0%, 59.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, -27.27, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 64.24, 115.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% -0.0787 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.156 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4821, 58.5748, 17.7123)
Luminance	0.5857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D556 #7256D5

analogous

#D5B156 #B9D556 #79D556

triadic

#B9D556 #56B9D5 #D556B9

tetradic

#B9D556 #56D5B1 #7256D5 #D55679

square

#B9D556 #56D5B1 #7256D5 #D55679

split-complementary

#B9D556 #5679D5 #B156D5

monochromatic

#768D23 #9FBE2F #B9D556 #CDE187 #E2EDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#B9D556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#B9D556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D556

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D556	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2CBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 213, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.156 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e28a',
    500: '#b9d556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d556;
$custom-light: #d1e28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.228,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82731,
    "c": 0.15556,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D556

secondary

#4F3C93

accent

#44E367

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D556

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

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