#B9DE61#B9DE61

#B9DE61 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.158 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DE61
RGB	rgb(185, 222, 97)
HSL	hsl(78, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(78, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.66, -30.62, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.66, 64.06, 118.55°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.0871 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.158 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2868, 63.4197, 21.0043)
Luminance	0.6342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DE61 #8661DE

analogous

#DEC461 #B9DE61 #7ADE61

triadic

#B9DE61 #61B9DE #DE61B9

tetradic

#B9DE61 #61DEC4 #8661DE #DE617A

square

#B9DE61 #61DEC4 #8661DE #DE617A

split-complementary

#B9DE61 #617ADE #C461DE

monochromatic

#7DA322 #A3D32E #B9DE61 #CFE994 #E6F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#B9DE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#B9DE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DE61

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DE61	1.00	1.53	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1D4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9de61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 222, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.158 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e892',
    500: '#b9de61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9de61;
$custom-light: #d0e892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9de61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.76,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84862,
    "c": 0.15758,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DE61

secondary

#5C3EA6

accent

#18CD4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DE61

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

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