#B9D969#B9D969

#B9D969 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.144 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D969
RGB	rgb(185, 217, 105)
HSL	hsl(77, 60%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(77, 52%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 0%, 51.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.36, -27.53, 51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.36, 58.05, 118.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% -0.0777 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.144 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3704, 60.9598, 22.6327)
Luminance	0.6096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D969 #8969D9

analogous

#D9C169 #B9D969 #81D969

triadic

#B9D969 #69B9D9 #D969B9

tetradic

#B9D969 #69D9C1 #8969D9 #D96981

square

#B9D969 #69D9C1 #8969D9 #D96981

split-complementary

#B9D969 #6981D9 #C169D9

monochromatic

#7D9F28 #A2CD38 #B9D969 #D0E59A #E7F2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#B9D969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#B9D969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D969

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D969	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CE5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1D0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 217, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.144 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e497',
    500: '#b9d969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d969;
$custom-light: #d0e497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 59.574,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83838,
    "c": 0.14375,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D969

secondary

#5F43A3

accent

#1EC74F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D969

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

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