#B9D642#B9D642

#B9D642 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.172 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D642
RGB	rgb(185, 214, 66)
HSL	hsl(72, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(72, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, -29.08, 66.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 72.39, 113.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.0856 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.172 120)
XYZ	xyz(45.0383, 58.8010, 14.1303)
Luminance	0.5880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D642 #5F42D6

analogous

#D6A942 #B9D642 #6FD642

triadic

#B9D642 #42B9D6 #D642B9

tetradic

#B9D642 #42D6A9 #5F42D6 #D6426F

square

#B9D642 #42D6A9 #5F42D6 #D6426F

split-complementary

#B9D642 #426FD6 #A942D6

monochromatic

#6E821C #98B427 #B9D642 #CCE174 #DEECA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#B9D642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#B9D642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D642

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D642	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 214, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.172 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e27f',
    500: '#b9d642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d642;
$custom-light: #d1e27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.757,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82783,
    "c": 0.1715,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.58801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D642

secondary

#443488

accent

#40E761

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D642

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

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