#B9E549#B9E549

#B9E549 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.185 H 123.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E549
RGB	rgb(185, 229, 73)
HSL	hsl(77, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(77, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 0%, 68.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.42, -35.61, 68.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.42, 76.76, 117.64°)
OKLab	oklab(86.22% -0.1031 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(86.22% 0.185 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.2299, 66.8336, 16.6086)
Luminance	0.6683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E549 #7549E5

analogous

#E5C349 #B9E549 #6BE549

triadic

#B9E549 #49B9E5 #E549B9

tetradic

#B9E549 #49E5C3 #7549E5 #E5496B

square

#B9E549 #49E5C3 #7549E5 #E5496B

split-complementary

#B9E549 #496BE5 #C349E5

monochromatic

#779D16 #A0D31E #B9E549 #CEED7F #E2F4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#B9E549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#B9E549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E549

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E549	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2DAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 229, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.185 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ed84',
    500: '#b9e549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e549;
$custom-light: #d2ed84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.923,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86216,
    "c": 0.18463,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E549

secondary

#5132A0

accent

#36F26B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFDF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14160B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E549

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

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