#B9DE48#B9DE48

#B9DE48 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.177 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DE48
RGB	rgb(185, 222, 72)
HSL	hsl(75, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(75, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 67.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, -32.46, 66.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 73.88, 116.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% -0.0945 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.177 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2991, 63.0246, 15.8028)
Luminance	0.6302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DE48 #6D48DE

analogous

#DEB848 #B9DE48 #6EDE48

triadic

#B9DE48 #48B9DE #DE48B9

tetradic

#B9DE48 #48DEB8 #6D48DE #DE486E

square

#B9DE48 #48DEB8 #6D48DE #DE486E

split-complementary

#B9DE48 #486EDE #B848DE

monochromatic

#74911A #9DC524 #B9DE48 #CDE77C #E1F1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#B9DE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#B9DE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DE48

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DE48	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9de48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 222, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.177 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e883',
    500: '#b9de48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9de48;
$custom-light: #d1e883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9de48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84628,
    "c": 0.17695,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DE48

secondary

#4C3496

accent

#3CEC67

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14160B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DE48

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

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