#B9D657#B9D657

#B9D657 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.156 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D657
RGB	rgb(185, 214, 87)
HSL	hsl(74, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(74, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 59.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -27.66, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 64.30, 115.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.97% -0.0797 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(82.97% 0.156 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7750, 59.0956, 18.0101)
Luminance	0.5910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D657 #7457D6

analogous

#D6B457 #B9D657 #7AD657

triadic

#B9D657 #57B9D6 #D657B9

tetradic

#B9D657 #57D6B4 #7457D6 #D6577A

square

#B9D657 #57D6B4 #7457D6 #D6577A

split-complementary

#B9D657 #577AD6 #B457D6

monochromatic

#779023 #9FC12F #B9D657 #CDE288 #E2EEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#B9D657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#B9D657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D657

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D657	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)

#E2CA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 214, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.156 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e28b',
    500: '#b9d657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d657;
$custom-light: #d1e28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.701,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82965,
    "c": 0.15597,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D657

secondary

#503C95

accent

#44E468

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D657

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

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