#B9E477#B9E477

#B9E477 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.145 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E477
RGB	rgb(185, 228, 119)
HSL	hsl(84, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(84, 48%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 47.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.57, -31.29, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.57, 57.61, 122.90°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.0871 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.145 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.0805, 67.1324, 27.7159)
Luminance	0.6713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E477 #A277E4

analogous

#E4D977 #B9E477 #82E477

triadic

#B9E477 #77B9E4 #E477B9

tetradic

#B9E477 #77E4D9 #A277E4 #E47782

square

#B9E477 #77E4D9 #A277E4 #E47782

split-complementary

#B9E477 #7782E4 #D977E4

monochromatic

#80BB25 #9FDA44 #B9E477 #D3EEAA #EEF8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#B9E477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#B9E477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E477

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E477	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D57D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 228, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.145 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0eca0',
    500: '#b9e477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e477;
$custom-light: #d0eca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.67,
    "s": 66.871,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86476,
    "c": 0.14505,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E477

secondary

#7344BB

accent

#17CF5F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14160F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E477

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

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