#B9D85E#B9D85E

#B9D85E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.153 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D85E
RGB	rgb(185, 216, 94)
HSL	hsl(75, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(75, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 56.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, -28.05, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 62.34, 116.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% -0.0802 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.153 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.5842, 60.2341, 19.7597)
Luminance	0.6023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D85E #7D5ED8

analogous

#D8BA5E #B9D85E #7CD85E

triadic

#B9D85E #5EB9D8 #D85EB9

tetradic

#B9D85E #5ED8BA #7D5ED8 #D85E7C

square

#B9D85E #5ED8BA #7D5ED8 #D85E7C

split-complementary

#B9D85E #5E7CD8 #BA5ED8

monochromatic

#7A9725 #A2C831 #B9D85E #CEE48F #E4F0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#B9D85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#B9D85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D85E

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D85E	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2CEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 216, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.153 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e490',
    500: '#b9d85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d85e;
$custom-light: #d0e490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.246,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83486,
    "c": 0.15251,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D85E

secondary

#563F9C

accent

#1DC948

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D85E

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

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