#B9E351#B9E351

#B9E351 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.177 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E351
RGB	rgb(185, 227, 81)
HSL	hsl(77, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(77, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 0%, 64.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.92, -34.18, 64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.92, 72.91, 117.95°)
OKLab	oklab(85.83% -0.0984 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(85.83% 0.177 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.9623, 65.8462, 17.9131)
Luminance	0.6585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E351 #7B51E3

analogous

#E3C451 #B9E351 #70E351

triadic

#B9E351 #51B9E3 #E351B9

tetradic

#B9E351 #51E3C4 #7B51E3 #E35170

square

#B9E351 #51E3C4 #7B51E3 #E35170

split-complementary

#B9E351 #5170E3 #C451E3

monochromatic

#79A01A #A1D522 #B9E351 #CEEB86 #E3F4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#B9E351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#B9E351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E351

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E351	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 227, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.177 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ec89',
    500: '#b9e351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e351;
$custom-light: #d1ec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.26,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85829,
    "c": 0.17669,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E351

secondary

#5535A3

accent

#11D449

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E351

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

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