#B9D661#B9D661

#B9D661 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.147 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D661
RGB	rgb(185, 214, 97)
HSL	hsl(75, 59%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(75, 55%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 54.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -26.83, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 60.05, 116.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.0765 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.147 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2122, 59.2705, 20.3128)
Luminance	0.5927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D661 #7E61D6

analogous

#D6B861 #B9D661 #7ED661

triadic

#B9D661 #61B9D6 #D661B9

tetradic

#B9D661 #61D6B8 #7E61D6 #D6617E

square

#B9D661 #61D6B8 #7E61D6 #D6617E

split-complementary

#B9D661 #617ED6 #B861D6

monochromatic

#7A9627 #A2C633 #B9D661 #CFE392 #E4EFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#B9D661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#B9D661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D661

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D661	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1CCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 214, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.147 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e291',
    500: '#b9d661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d661;
$custom-light: #d0e291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.872,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83073,
    "c": 0.14728,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D661

secondary

#57409B

accent

#1FC649

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D661

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

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