#B9DC49#B9DC49

#B9DC49 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.174 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DC49
RGB	rgb(185, 220, 73)
HSL	hsl(74, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(74, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 0%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.90, -31.47, 65.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.90, 72.60, 115.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% -0.0916 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.174 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.8040, 61.9817, 15.8000)
Luminance	0.6198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DC49 #6C49DC

analogous

#DCB649 #B9DC49 #6FDC49

triadic

#B9DC49 #49B9DC #DC49B9

tetradic

#B9DC49 #49DCB6 #6C49DC #DC496F

square

#B9DC49 #49DCB6 #6C49DC #DC496F

split-complementary

#B9DC49 #496FDC #B649DC

monochromatic

#748F1C #9DC225 #B9DC49 #CDE67C #E0F0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#B9DC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#B9DC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DC49

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DC49	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9dc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 220, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.174 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e783',
    500: '#b9dc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9dc49;
$custom-light: #d1e783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9dc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.286,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84185,
    "c": 0.17389,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DC49

secondary

#4C3594

accent

#3DEB66

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14160B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DC49

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

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