#B9D842#B9D842

#B9D842 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.174 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D842
RGB	rgb(185, 216, 66)
HSL	hsl(72, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(72, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -30.02, 66.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 73.29, 114.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% -0.0882 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.174 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.5476, 59.8195, 14.3000)
Luminance	0.5982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D842 #6142D8

analogous

#D8AC42 #B9D842 #6ED842

triadic

#B9D842 #42B9D8 #D842B9

tetradic

#B9D842 #42D8AC #6142D8 #D8426E

square

#B9D842 #42D8AC #6142D8 #D8426E

split-complementary

#B9D842 #426ED8 #AC42D8

monochromatic

#6F841B #99B726 #B9D842 #CCE275 #DFEDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#B9D842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#B9D842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D842

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D842	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 216, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.174 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e47f',
    500: '#b9d842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d842;
$custom-light: #d1e47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83232,
    "c": 0.17382,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D842

secondary

#45338B

accent

#3FE962

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D842

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

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