#B9E651#B9E651

#B9E651 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.180 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E651
RGB	rgb(185, 230, 81)
HSL	hsl(78, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(78, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 0%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.76, -35.54, 65.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.76, 74.34, 118.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.51% -0.1022 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(86.51% 0.18 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.7899, 67.5015, 18.1890)
Luminance	0.6750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E651 #7E51E6

analogous

#E6C851 #B9E651 #6EE651

triadic

#B9E651 #51B9E6 #E651B9

tetradic

#B9E651 #51E6C8 #7E51E6 #E6516E

square

#B9E651 #51E6C8 #7E51E6 #E6516E

split-complementary

#B9E651 #516EE6 #C851E6

monochromatic

#7AA518 #A2DA1F #B9E651 #CFEE87 #E4F5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#B9E651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#B9E651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E651

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E651	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1DBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 230, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.180 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ee89',
    500: '#b9e651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e651;
$custom-light: #d1ee89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.121,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86507,
    "c": 0.18035,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E651

secondary

#5734A7

accent

#0ED74B

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E651

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

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