#B9D565#B9D565

#B9D565 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.142 H 121.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D565
RGB	rgb(185, 213, 101)
HSL	hsl(75, 57%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(75, 53%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 0%, 52.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, -25.99, 51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 57.79, 116.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0738 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.142 121.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.1511, 58.8424, 21.2358)
Luminance	0.5884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D565 #8165D5

analogous

#D5B965 #B9D565 #81D565

triadic

#B9D565 #65B9D5 #D565B9

tetradic

#B9D565 #65D5B9 #8165D5 #D56581

square

#B9D565 #65D5B9 #8165D5 #D56581

split-complementary

#B9D565 #6581D5 #B965D5

monochromatic

#7B9729 #A3C736 #B9D565 #CFE295 #E5EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#B9D565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#B9D565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D565

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D565	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1CCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 213, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.142 121.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e294',
    500: '#b9d565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d565;
$custom-light: #d0e294;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82898,
    "c": 0.14229,
    "h": 121.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D565

secondary

#59439C

accent

#21C54A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D565

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

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