#B9E449#B9E449

#B9E449 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.183 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E449
RGB	rgb(185, 228, 73)
HSL	hsl(77, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(77, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.14, -35.16, 67.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.14, 76.30, 117.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.99% -0.1018 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(85.99% 0.183 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.9540, 66.2818, 16.5167)
Luminance	0.6628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E449 #7449E4

analogous

#E4C249 #B9E449 #6CE449

triadic

#B9E449 #49B9E4 #E449B9

tetradic

#B9E449 #49E4C2 #7449E4 #E4496C

square

#B9E449 #49E4C2 #7449E4 #E4496C

split-complementary

#B9E449 #496CE4 #C249E4

monochromatic

#779C17 #9FD11F #B9E449 #CDEC7E #E2F4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#B9E449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#B9E449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E449

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E449	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 228, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.183 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ec84',
    500: '#b9e449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e449;
$custom-light: #d2ec84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.645,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8599,
    "c": 0.18344,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E449

secondary

#50329F

accent

#37F16B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFDF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14160B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E449

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

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