#B9E170#B9E170

#B9E170 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.148 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E170
RGB	rgb(185, 225, 112)
HSL	hsl(81, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(81, 50%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 0%, 50.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.66, -30.62, 50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.66, 59.12, 121.19°)
OKLab	oklab(85.71% -0.0858 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(85.71% 0.148 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.8574, 65.3341, 25.3102)
Luminance	0.6533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E170 #9870E1

analogous

#E1D070 #B9E170 #80E170

triadic

#B9E170 #70B9E1 #E170B9

tetradic

#B9E170 #70E1D0 #9870E1 #E17080

square

#B9E170 #70E1D0 #9870E1 #E17080

split-complementary

#B9E170 #7080E1 #D070E1

monochromatic

#80B125 #A0D63D #B9E170 #D2ECA3 #EBF6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#B9E170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#B9E170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E170

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E170	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD566

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 225, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.148 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ea9c',
    500: '#b9e170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e170;
$custom-light: #d0ea9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.239,
    "s": 65.318,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85713,
    "c": 0.14776,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E170

secondary

#6A43B3

accent

#18CD58

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14160E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E170

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

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