#B9E171#B9E171

#B9E171 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.147 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E171
RGB	rgb(185, 225, 113)
HSL	hsl(81, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(81, 50%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 0%, 49.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.67, -30.52, 50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.67, 58.68, 121.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.73% -0.0854 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(85.73% 0.147 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9133, 65.3565, 25.6050)
Luminance	0.6536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E171 #9971E1

analogous

#E1D171 #B9E171 #81E171

triadic

#B9E171 #71B9E1 #E171B9

tetradic

#B9E171 #71E1D1 #9971E1 #E17181

square

#B9E171 #71E1D1 #9971E1 #E17181

split-complementary

#B9E171 #7181E1 #D171E1

monochromatic

#80B226 #A0D63E #B9E171 #D2ECA4 #EBF6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#B9E171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#B9E171 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E171

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E171	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)

#EBD567

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 225, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.147 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ea9c',
    500: '#b9e171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e171;
$custom-light: #d0ea9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.429,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85726,
    "c": 0.14681,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E171

secondary

#6B43B3

accent

#19CD59

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14160E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E171

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

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