#B9D962#B9D962

#B9D962 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.150 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D962
RGB	rgb(185, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(76, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(76, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 0%, 54.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.28, -28.17, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.28, 61.12, 117.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.75% -0.0801 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(83.75% 0.15 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0254, 60.8218, 20.8153)
Luminance	0.6082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D962 #8262D9

analogous

#D9BD62 #B9D962 #7ED962

triadic

#B9D962 #62B9D9 #D962B9

tetradic

#B9D962 #62D9BD #8262D9 #D9627E

square

#B9D962 #62D9BD #8262D9 #D9627E

split-complementary

#B9D962 #627ED9 #BD62D9

monochromatic

#7B9B26 #A3CC31 #B9D962 #CFE593 #E5F1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#B9D962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#B9D962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D962

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D962	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)

#E4CD56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1CFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.150 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e492',
    500: '#b9d962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d962;
$custom-light: #d0e492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.134,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83754,
    "c": 0.15024,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D962

secondary

#5A409F

accent

#1DC94B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D962

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

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