#B9E342#B9E342

#B9E342 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.187 H 123.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E342
RGB	rgb(185, 227, 66)
HSL	hsl(76, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(76, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 0%, 70.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.82, -35.11, 69.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.82, 78.23, 116.67°)
OKLab	oklab(85.71% -0.1023 0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(85.71% 0.187 123.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.4606, 65.6455, 15.2710)
Luminance	0.6565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E342 #6C42E3

analogous

#E3BC42 #B9E342 #69E342

triadic

#B9E342 #42B9E3 #E342B9

tetradic

#B9E342 #42E3BC #6C42E3 #E34269

square

#B9E342 #42E3BC #6C42E3 #E34269

split-complementary

#B9E342 #4269E3 #BC42E3

monochromatic

#749516 #9DCA1E #B9E342 #CDEB77 #E0F3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#B9E342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#B9E342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E342

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E342	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 227, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.187 123.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ec80',
    500: '#b9e342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e342;
$custom-light: #d2ec80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.652,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85713,
    "c": 0.18667,
    "h": 123.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E342

secondary

#4C3099

accent

#37F167

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFDF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14160B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E342

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

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