#B9D879#B9D879

#B9D879 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.126 H 123.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D879
RGB	rgb(185, 216, 121)
HSL	hsl(80, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(80, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 44%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.27, -25.38, 43.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.27, 50.22, 120.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.0704 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.126 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.0145, 60.8063, 27.2927)
Luminance	0.6081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D879 #9879D8

analogous

#D8C779 #B9D879 #89D879

triadic

#B9D879 #79B9D8 #D879B9

tetradic

#B9D879 #79D8C7 #9879D8 #D87989

square

#B9D879 #79D8C7 #9879D8 #D87989

split-complementary

#B9D879 #7989D8 #C779D8

monochromatic

#80A630 #A0CA4A #B9D879 #D2E6A8 #EBF4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#B9D879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#B9D879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D879

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D879	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CE71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 216, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.126 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe4a1',
    500: '#b9d879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d879;
$custom-light: #cfe4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.579,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83834,
    "c": 0.12631,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D879

secondary

#6A4BAA

accent

#23C257

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D879

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

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