#B9D649#B9D649

#B9D649 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.167 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D649
RGB	rgb(185, 214, 73)
HSL	hsl(72, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(72, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 65.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, -28.66, 63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 69.85, 114.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0838 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.167 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2575, 58.8886, 15.2845)
Luminance	0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D649 #6649D6

analogous

#D6AD49 #B9D649 #73D649

triadic

#B9D649 #49B9D6 #D649B9

tetradic

#B9D649 #49D6AD #6649D6 #D64973

square

#B9D649 #49D6AD #6649D6 #D64973

split-complementary

#B9D649 #4973D6 #AD49D6

monochromatic

#71861E #9BB82A #B9D649 #CCE17B #DFEDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#B9D649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#B9D649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D649

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D649	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 214, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.167 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e283',
    500: '#b9d649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d649;
$custom-light: #d1e283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.34,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82837,
    "c": 0.16676,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D649

secondary

#48368D

accent

#42E663

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D649

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

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