#B9E899#B9E899

#B9E899 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.115 H 133.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E899
RGB	rgb(185, 232, 153)
HSL	hsl(96, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(96, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 34.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.16, -28.96, 33.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.16, 44.39, 130.73°)
OKLab	oklab(87.91% -0.079 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(87.91% 0.115 133.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.6128, 70.3263, 40.8278)
Luminance	0.7033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E899 #C899E8

analogous

#E1E899 #B9E899 #99E8A0

triadic

#B9E899 #99B9E8 #E899B9

tetradic

#B9E899 #99E1E8 #C899E8 #E8A099

square

#B9E899 #99E1E8 #C899E8 #E8A099

split-complementary

#B9E899 #A099E8 #E899E1

monochromatic

#74D135 #97DD67 #B9E899 #DBF3CB #EEF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#B9E899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.07

#B9E899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E899

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E899	1.00	1.39	15.07	15.07
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D99D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAE2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 232, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.115 133.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfefb7',
    500: '#b9e899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e899;
$custom-light: #cfefb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.696,
    "s": 63.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87909,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 133.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E899

secondary

#9C63C3

accent

#1BCB83

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FBFEF8

border

#D4D6D1

text

#141611

muted

#838581

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E899

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

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