#B9E371#B9E371

#B9E371 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.150 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E371
RGB	rgb(185, 227, 113)
HSL	hsl(82, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(82, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 0%, 50.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.22, -31.45, 50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.22, 59.73, 121.77°)
OKLab	oklab(86.17% -0.088 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(86.17% 0.15 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.4572, 66.4442, 25.7863)
Luminance	0.6644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E371 #9B71E3

analogous

#E3D471 #B9E371 #80E371

triadic

#B9E371 #71B9E3 #E371B9

tetradic

#B9E371 #71E3D4 #9B71E3 #E37180

square

#B9E371 #71E3D4 #9B71E3 #E37180

split-complementary

#B9E371 #7180E3 #D471E3

monochromatic

#80B624 #A0D93E #B9E371 #D2EDA4 #EBF7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#B9E371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#B9E371 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E371

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E371	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD667

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFDAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 227, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.150 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ec9c',
    500: '#b9e371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e371;
$custom-light: #d0ec9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.105,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86173,
    "c": 0.14952,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E371

secondary

#6D42B6

accent

#17CF5A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14160E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E371

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

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