#B9DC51#B9DC51

#B9DC51 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.168 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DC51
RGB	rgb(185, 220, 81)
HSL	hsl(75, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(75, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 0%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.96, -30.94, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.96, 69.58, 116.40°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% -0.0894 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.168 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0865, 62.0947, 17.2878)
Luminance	0.6210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DC51 #7451DC

analogous

#DCBA51 #B9DC51 #74DC51

triadic

#B9DC51 #51B9DC #DC51B9

tetradic

#B9DC51 #51DCBA #7451DC #DC5174

square

#B9DC51 #51DCBA #7451DC #DC5174

split-complementary

#B9DC51 #5174DC #BA51DC

monochromatic

#77951E #9FC828 #B9DC51 #CDE684 #E2F0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#B9DC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#B9DC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DC51

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DC51	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9dc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 220, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.168 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e788',
    500: '#b9dc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9dc51;
$custom-light: #d1e788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9dc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.108,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84253,
    "c": 0.16812,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DC51

secondary

#503899

accent

#3EE969

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DC51

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

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