#B9E172#B9E172

#B9E172 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.146 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E172
RGB	rgb(185, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(82, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(82, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 0%, 49.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.68, -30.41, 49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.68, 58.23, 121.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.74% -0.0851 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(85.74% 0.146 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9699, 65.3791, 25.9032)
Luminance	0.6538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E172 #9A72E1

analogous

#E1D272 #B9E172 #82E172

triadic

#B9E172 #72B9E1 #E172B9

tetradic

#B9E172 #72E1D2 #9A72E1 #E17282

square

#B9E172 #72E1D2 #9A72E1 #E17282

split-complementary

#B9E172 #7282E1 #D272E1

monochromatic

#80B326 #A0D640 #B9E172 #D2ECA4 #EBF6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#B9E172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#B9E172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E172

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E172	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.146 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ea9d',
    500: '#b9e172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e172;
$custom-light: #d0ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.622,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85739,
    "c": 0.14584,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E172

secondary

#6C43B4

accent

#19CD5A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14160E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E172

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

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