#B9E849#B9E849

#B9E849 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.188 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E849
RGB	rgb(185, 232, 73)
HSL	hsl(78, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(78, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.26, -36.97, 68.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.26, 78.15, 118.23°)
OKLab	oklab(86.9% -0.1068 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(86.9% 0.188 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.0672, 68.5081, 16.8877)
Luminance	0.6851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E849 #7849E8

analogous

#E8C849 #B9E849 #69E849

triadic

#B9E849 #49B9E8 #E849B9

tetradic

#B9E849 #49E8C8 #7849E8 #E84969

square

#B9E849 #49E8C8 #7849E8 #E84969

split-complementary

#B9E849 #4969E8 #C849E8

monochromatic

#78A214 #A1D81B #B9E849 #CEEF7F #E3F6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#B9E849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#B9E849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E849

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E849	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5D930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1DDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 232, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.188 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ef85',
    500: '#b9e849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e849;
$custom-light: #d2ef85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.736,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86895,
    "c": 0.18822,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E849

secondary

#5331A4

accent

#34F46D

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF3

border

#D4D6CD

text

#14160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E849

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

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