#B9E461#B9E461

#B9E461 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.165 H 125.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E461
RGB	rgb(185, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(80, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(80, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.33, -33.40, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.33, 67.08, 119.87°)
OKLab	oklab(86.21% -0.0948 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(86.21% 0.165 125)
XYZ	xyz(49.9088, 66.6637, 21.5450)
Luminance	0.6666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E461 #8C61E4

analogous

#E4CE61 #B9E461 #77E461

triadic

#B9E461 #61B9E4 #E461B9

tetradic

#B9E461 #61E4CE #8C61E4 #E46177

square

#B9E461 #61E4CE #8C61E4 #E46177

split-complementary

#B9E461 #6177E4 #CE61E4

monochromatic

#7EAD1E #A2DB2D #B9E461 #D0ED95 #E7F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#B9E461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#B9E461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E461

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E461	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0DAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.165 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ec92',
    500: '#b9e461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e461;
$custom-light: #d1ec92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.695,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86209,
    "c": 0.16531,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.66664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E461

secondary

#613BAE

accent

#13D352

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E461

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

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