#B9E162#B9E162

#B9E162 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.161 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E162
RGB	rgb(185, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(79, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(79, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 0%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.51, -31.93, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.51, 65.15, 119.35°)
OKLab	oklab(85.55% -0.0906 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(85.55% 0.161 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1376, 65.0462, 21.5194)
Luminance	0.6505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E162 #8A62E1

analogous

#E1CA62 #B9E162 #79E162

triadic

#B9E162 #62B9E1 #E162B9

tetradic

#B9E162 #62E1CA #8A62E1 #E16279

square

#B9E162 #62E1CA #8A62E1 #E16279

split-complementary

#B9E162 #6279E1 #CA62E1

monochromatic

#7EA820 #A2D72F #B9E162 #D0EB95 #E7F5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#B9E162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#B9E162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E162

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E162	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.161 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ea93',
    500: '#b9e162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e162;
$custom-light: #d0ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.898,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85545,
    "c": 0.16059,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E162

secondary

#5F3DAB

accent

#16D050

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E162

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

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