#B9E596#B9E596

#B9E596 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.114 H 132.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E596
RGB	rgb(185, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(93, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(93, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.28, -27.96, 34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.28, 44.02, 129.43°)
OKLab	oklab(87.19% -0.0762 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(87.19% 0.114 132)
XYZ	xyz(53.5309, 68.5539, 39.2602)
Luminance	0.6855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E596 #C296E5

analogous

#E0E596 #B9E596 #96E59B

triadic

#B9E596 #96B9E5 #E596B9

tetradic

#B9E596 #96E0E5 #C296E5 #E59B96

square

#B9E596 #96E0E5 #C296E5 #E59B96

split-complementary

#B9E596 #9B96E5 #E596E0

monochromatic

#78CD34 #98D965 #B9E596 #DAF1C7 #EFF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#B9E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#B9E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E596

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E596	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDA91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBDFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.114 132.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfedb5',
    500: '#b9e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e596;
$custom-light: #cfedb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.418,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87191,
    "c": 0.11385,
    "h": 132
  },
  "luminance": 0.68555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E596

secondary

#9561BF

accent

#1EC87C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E596

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

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