#B9DE56#B9DE56

#B9DE56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.167 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DE56
RGB	rgb(185, 222, 86)
HSL	hsl(76, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(76, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.56, -31.51, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.56, 68.58, 117.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.75% -0.0905 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(84.75% 0.167 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.8090, 63.2285, 18.4879)
Luminance	0.6323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DE56 #7B56DE

analogous

#DEBF56 #B9DE56 #75DE56

triadic

#B9DE56 #56B9DE #DE56B9

tetradic

#B9DE56 #56DEBF #7B56DE #DE5675

square

#B9DE56 #56DEBF #7B56DE #DE5675

split-complementary

#B9DE56 #5675DE #BF56DE

monochromatic

#799B1E #A1CE28 #B9DE56 #CEE889 #E3F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#B9DE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#B9DE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DE56

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DE56	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9de56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 222, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.167 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e88b',
    500: '#b9de56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9de56;
$custom-light: #d1e88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9de56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.324,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84749,
    "c": 0.16673,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DE56

secondary

#55399F

accent

#16CF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DE56

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

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