#B9D656#B9D656

#B9D656 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.157 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D656
RGB	rgb(185, 214, 86)
HSL	hsl(74, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(74, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -27.74, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 64.72, 115.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0801 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.157 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7344, 59.0794, 17.7964)
Luminance	0.5908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D656 #7356D6

analogous

#D6B356 #B9D656 #79D656

triadic

#B9D656 #56B9D6 #D656B9

tetradic

#B9D656 #56D6B3 #7356D6 #D65679

square

#B9D656 #56D6B3 #7356D6 #D65679

split-complementary

#B9D656 #5679D6 #B356D6

monochromatic

#768F23 #9FC02F #B9D656 #CDE287 #E2EEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#B9D656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#B9D656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D656

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D656	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 214, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.157 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e28a',
    500: '#b9d656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d656;
$custom-light: #d1e28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.594,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82955,
    "c": 0.1568,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D656

secondary

#503C95

accent

#44E468

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D656

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

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