#B9E495#B9E495

#B9E495 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.113 H 131.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E495
RGB	rgb(185, 228, 149)
HSL	hsl(93, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(93, 35%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 34.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.99, -27.62, 34.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.99, 43.90, 128.99°)
OKLab	oklab(86.95% -0.0753 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(86.95% 0.113 131.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.1748, 67.9701, 38.7460)
Luminance	0.6797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E495 #C095E4

analogous

#E1E495 #B9E495 #95E499

triadic

#B9E495 #95B9E4 #E495B9

tetradic

#B9E495 #95E1E4 #C095E4 #E49995

square

#B9E495 #95E1E4 #C095E4 #E49995

split-complementary

#B9E495 #9995E4 #E495E1

monochromatic

#79CB34 #99D864 #B9E495 #D9F0C6 #EFF9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#B9E495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#B9E495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E495

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E495	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBDED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 228, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.113 131.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfecb5',
    500: '#b9e495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e495;
$custom-light: #cfecb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.658,
    "s": 59.398,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86952,
    "c": 0.11343,
    "h": 131.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E495

secondary

#9360BD

accent

#1EC77A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E495

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

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