#B9E372#B9E372

#B9E372 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.149 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E372
RGB	rgb(185, 227, 114)
HSL	hsl(82, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(82, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 0%, 49.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.23, -31.35, 50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.23, 59.29, 121.92°)
OKLab	oklab(86.19% -0.0877 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(86.19% 0.149 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.5138, 66.4668, 26.0844)
Luminance	0.6647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 6.18

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E372 #9C72E3

analogous

#E3D572 #B9E372 #81E372

triadic

#B9E372 #72B9E3 #E372B9

tetradic

#B9E372 #72E3D5 #9C72E3 #E37281

square

#B9E372 #72E3D5 #9C72E3 #E37281

split-complementary

#B9E372 #7281E3 #D572E3

monochromatic

#80B624 #A0D93F #B9E372 #D2EDA5 #ECF7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#B9E372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#B9E372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E372

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E372	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)

#EDD768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFDAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 227, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.149 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ec9d',
    500: '#b9e372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e372;
$custom-light: #d0ec9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.301,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86186,
    "c": 0.14856,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E372

secondary

#6E42B7

accent

#17CF5B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14160E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E372

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

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