#B9E16B#B9E16B

#B9E16B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.152 H 125.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E16B
RGB	rgb(185, 225, 107)
HSL	hsl(80, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(80, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 0%, 52.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.60, -31.11, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.60, 61.31, 120.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.0876 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.152 125)
XYZ	xyz(49.5867, 65.2258, 23.8845)
Luminance	0.6523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E16B #936BE1

analogous

#E1CE6B #B9E16B #7EE16B

triadic

#B9E16B #6BB9E1 #E16BB9

tetradic

#B9E16B #6BE1CE #936BE1 #E16B7E

square

#B9E16B #6BE1CE #936BE1 #E16B7E

split-complementary

#B9E16B #6B7EE1 #CE6BE1

monochromatic

#7FAE23 #A1D738 #B9E16B #D1EB9E #E9F6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#B9E16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#B9E16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E16B

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E16B	1.00	1.50	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 225, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.152 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ea98',
    500: '#b9e16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e16b;
$custom-light: #d0ea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.339,
    "s": 66.292,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8565,
    "c": 0.15249,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.65226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E16B

secondary

#6640B0

accent

#17CE55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14160E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E16B

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

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