#B9E471#B9E471

#B9E471 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.151 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E471
RGB	rgb(185, 228, 113)
HSL	hsl(82, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(82, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 50.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.50, -31.92, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.50, 60.26, 121.98°)
OKLab	oklab(86.4% -0.0893 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(86.4% 0.151 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7315, 66.9928, 25.8777)
Luminance	0.6699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E471 #9C71E4

analogous

#E4D671 #B9E471 #80E471

triadic

#B9E471 #71B9E4 #E471B9

tetradic

#B9E471 #71E4D6 #9C71E4 #E47180

square

#B9E471 #71E4D6 #9C71E4 #E47180

split-complementary

#B9E471 #7180E4 #D671E4

monochromatic

#80B823 #A0DA3E #B9E471 #D2EEA4 #ECF8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#B9E471 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#B9E471 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E471

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E471	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E471	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED767

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e471;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 228, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.151 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ec9c',
    500: '#b9e471',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e471;
$custom-light: #d0ec9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e471",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.435,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86397,
    "c": 0.15088,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E471

secondary

#6E41B8

accent

#16D05B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14160E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E471

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

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