#B9DD55#B9DD55

#B9DD55 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.166 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DD55
RGB	rgb(185, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(76, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(76, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.28, -31.11, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.28, 68.49, 117.02°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% -0.0895 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.166 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.5042, 62.6829, 18.1889)
Luminance	0.6268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DD55 #7955DD

analogous

#DDBD55 #B9DD55 #75DD55

triadic

#B9DD55 #55B9DD #DD55B9

tetradic

#B9DD55 #55DDBD #7955DD #DD5575

square

#B9DD55 #55DDBD #7955DD #DD5575

split-complementary

#B9DD55 #5575DD #BD55DD

monochromatic

#79991F #A1CC29 #B9DD55 #CEE788 #E3F1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#B9DD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#B9DD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DD55

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DD55	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9dd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.166 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e78a',
    500: '#b9dd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9dd55;
$custom-light: #d1e78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9dd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.882,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84514,
    "c": 0.16627,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DD55

secondary

#54399D

accent

#3EEA6C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DD55

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

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