#B9E178#B9E178

#B9E178 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.140 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E178
RGB	rgb(185, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(83, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(83, 47%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 0%, 46.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.75, -29.78, 46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.75, 55.55, 122.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0828 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.14 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.3227, 65.5202, 27.7611)
Luminance	0.6552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E178 #A078E1

analogous

#E1D478 #B9E178 #85E178

triadic

#B9E178 #78B9E1 #E178B9

tetradic

#B9E178 #78E1D4 #A078E1 #E17885

square

#B9E178 #78E1D4 #A078E1 #E17885

split-complementary

#B9E178 #7885E1 #D478E1

monochromatic

#80B628 #9FD646 #B9E178 #D3ECAA #EDF7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#B9E178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#B9E178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E178

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E178	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD56F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D37E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.140 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0eaa1',
    500: '#b9e178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e178;
$custom-light: #d0eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.857,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85821,
    "c": 0.1399,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E178

secondary

#7146B7

accent

#1ACB5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14160F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E178

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

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