#B9E174#B9E174

#B9E174 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.144 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E174
RGB	rgb(185, 225, 116)
HSL	hsl(82, 64%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(82, 48%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 0%, 48.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.70, -30.21, 48.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.70, 57.34, 121.79°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% -0.0843 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.144 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.0850, 65.4252, 26.5093)
Luminance	0.6543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 6.61

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E174 #9C74E1

analogous

#E1D274 #B9E174 #83E174

triadic

#B9E174 #74B9E1 #E174B9

tetradic

#B9E174 #74E1D2 #9C74E1 #E17483

square

#B9E174 #74E1D2 #9C74E1 #E17483

split-complementary

#B9E174 #7483E1 #D274E1

monochromatic

#80B427 #A0D642 #B9E174 #D2ECA6 #ECF7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#B9E174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#B9E174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E174

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E174	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD56B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 225, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.144 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ea9e',
    500: '#b9e174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e174;
$custom-light: #d0ea9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.018,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85765,
    "c": 0.14388,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E174

secondary

#6E44B5

accent

#19CC5B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14160F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E174

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

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