#B9E349#B9E349

#B9E349 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.182 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E349
RGB	rgb(185, 227, 73)
HSL	hsl(76, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(76, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 0%, 67.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.86, -34.70, 67.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.86, 75.83, 117.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.76% -0.1005 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(85.76% 0.182 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.6798, 65.7332, 16.4252)
Luminance	0.6573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E349 #7349E3

analogous

#E3C049 #B9E349 #6CE349

triadic

#B9E349 #49B9E3 #E349B9

tetradic

#B9E349 #49E3C0 #7349E3 #E3496C

square

#B9E349 #49E3C0 #7349E3 #E3496C

split-complementary

#B9E349 #496CE3 #C049E3

monochromatic

#769A18 #9FCF20 #B9E349 #CDEB7E #E2F3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#B9E349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#B9E349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E349

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E349	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 227, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.182 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ec84',
    500: '#b9e349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e349;
$custom-light: #d2ec84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.364,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85764,
    "c": 0.18225,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E349

secondary

#50339E

accent

#38F06A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFDF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14160B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E349

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

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