#B9D742#B9D742

#B9D742 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.173 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D742
RGB	rgb(185, 215, 66)
HSL	hsl(72, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(72, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 69.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -29.55, 66.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 72.84, 113.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% -0.0869 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.173 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2922, 59.3087, 14.2149)
Luminance	0.5931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D742 #6042D7

analogous

#D7AB42 #B9D742 #6ED742

triadic

#B9D742 #42B9D7 #D742B9

tetradic

#B9D742 #42D7AB #6042D7 #D7426E

square

#B9D742 #42D7AB #6042D7 #D7426E

split-complementary

#B9D742 #426ED7 #AB42D7

monochromatic

#6E831C #99B526 #B9D742 #CCE275 #DEECA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#B9D742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#B9D742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D742

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D742	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 215, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.173 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e37f',
    500: '#b9d742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d742;
$custom-light: #d1e37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.081,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83007,
    "c": 0.17265,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D742

secondary

#45348A

accent

#40E862

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D742

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

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