#B9D751#B9D751

#B9D751 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.162 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D751
RGB	rgb(185, 215, 81)
HSL	hsl(73, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(73, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 62.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -28.59, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 67.22, 115.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% -0.0829 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.162 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7938, 59.5093, 16.8569)
Luminance	0.5951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D751 #6F51D7

analogous

#D7B251 #B9D751 #76D751

triadic

#B9D751 #51B9D7 #D751B9

tetradic

#B9D751 #51D7B2 #6F51D7 #D75176

square

#B9D751 #51D7B2 #6F51D7 #D75176

split-complementary

#B9D751 #5176D7 #B251D7

monochromatic

#758D20 #9EBF2C #B9D751 #CDE283 #E1EEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#B9D751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#B9D751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D751

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D751	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 215, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.162 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e388',
    500: '#b9d751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d751;
$custom-light: #d1e388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.433,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83131,
    "c": 0.16202,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D751

secondary

#4D3993

accent

#42E667

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D751

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

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