#B9D845#B9D845

#B9D845 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.172 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D845
RGB	rgb(185, 216, 69)
HSL	hsl(73, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(73, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 68.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -29.85, 65.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 72.22, 114.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% -0.0875 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.172 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6384, 59.8558, 14.7781)
Luminance	0.5986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D845 #6445D8

analogous

#D8AD45 #B9D845 #6FD845

triadic

#B9D845 #45B9D8 #D845B9

tetradic

#B9D845 #45D8AD #6445D8 #D8456F

square

#B9D845 #45D8AD #6445D8 #D8456F

split-complementary

#B9D845 #456FD8 #AD45D8

monochromatic

#70861C #9AB927 #B9D845 #CCE378 #DFEDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#B9D845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#B9D845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D845

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D845	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 216, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.172 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e481',
    500: '#b9d845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d845;
$custom-light: #d1e481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.653,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83254,
    "c": 0.17186,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D845

secondary

#47348D

accent

#40E863

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D845

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

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