#B9DD57#B9DD57

#B9DD57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.165 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DD57
RGB	rgb(185, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(76, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(76, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.29, -30.96, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.29, 67.69, 117.22°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.0889 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.165 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5847, 62.7152, 18.6133)
Luminance	0.6271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DD57 #7B57DD

analogous

#DDBE57 #B9DD57 #76DD57

triadic

#B9DD57 #57B9DD #DD57B9

tetradic

#B9DD57 #57DDBE #7B57DD #DD5776

square

#B9DD57 #57DDBE #7B57DD #DD5776

split-complementary

#B9DD57 #5776DD #BE57DD

monochromatic

#799A1F #A1CD2A #B9DD57 #CEE78A #E3F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#B9DD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#B9DD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DD57

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DD57	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)

#E9D047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9dd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.165 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e78c',
    500: '#b9dd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9dd57;
$custom-light: #d1e78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9dd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.119,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84533,
    "c": 0.16468,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DD57

secondary

#553A9E

accent

#17CE48

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DD57

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

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