#B9E16C#B9E16C

#B9E16C is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.152 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E16C
RGB	rgb(185, 225, 108)
HSL	hsl(81, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(81, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 0%, 52%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.61, -31.01, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.61, 60.87, 120.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.0872 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.152 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.6396, 65.2470, 24.1632)
Luminance	0.6525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E16C #946CE1

analogous

#E1CF6C #B9E16C #7EE16C

triadic

#B9E16C #6CB9E1 #E16CB9

tetradic

#B9E16C #6CE1CF #946CE1 #E16C7E

square

#B9E16C #6CE1CF #946CE1 #E16C7E

split-complementary

#B9E16C #6C7EE1 #CF6CE1

monochromatic

#7FAF24 #A1D739 #B9E16C #D1EB9F #E9F6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#B9E16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#B9E16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E16C

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E16C	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	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)

#ECD561

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D373

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 225, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.152 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ea99',
    500: '#b9e16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e16c;
$custom-light: #d0ea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.513,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85662,
    "c": 0.15156,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E16C

secondary

#6741B0

accent

#18CE56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14160E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E16C

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

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