#B9E960#B9E960

#B9E960 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.173 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E960
RGB	rgb(185, 233, 96)
HSL	hsl(81, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(81, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.72, -35.77, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.72, 69.99, 120.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.33% -0.1015 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(87.33% 0.173 126)
XYZ	xyz(51.2579, 69.4360, 21.7661)
Luminance	0.6944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E960 #9060E9

analogous

#E9D560 #B9E960 #75E960

triadic

#B9E960 #60B9E9 #E960B9

tetradic

#B9E960 #60E9D5 #9060E9 #E96075

square

#B9E960 #60E9D5 #9060E9 #E96075

split-complementary

#B9E960 #6075E9 #D560E9

monochromatic

#7FB519 #A1E22A #B9E960 #D1F096 #E8F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#B9E960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#B9E960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E960

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E960	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0DFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 233, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.173 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1f092',
    500: '#b9e960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e960;
$custom-light: #d1f092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.022,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87325,
    "c": 0.17257,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.69437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E960

secondary

#6438B5

accent

#0ED854

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E960

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

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