#B9E965#B9E965

#B9E965 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.168 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E965
RGB	rgb(185, 233, 101)
HSL	hsl(82, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(82, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.77, -35.35, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.77, 67.96, 121.34°)
OKLab	oklab(87.38% -0.0999 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(87.38% 0.168 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.4954, 69.5310, 23.0172)
Luminance	0.6953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E965 #9565E9

analogous

#E9D765 #B9E965 #77E965

triadic

#B9E965 #65B9E9 #E965B9

tetradic

#B9E965 #65E9D7 #9565E9 #E96577

square

#B9E965 #65E9D7 #9565E9 #E96577

split-complementary

#B9E965 #6577E9 #D765E9

monochromatic

#7FB91A #A1E12F #B9E965 #D1F19B #EAF8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#B9E965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#B9E965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E965

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E965	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD86E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFDFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 233, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.168 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1f095',
    500: '#b9e965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e965;
$custom-light: #d1f095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.818,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87377,
    "c": 0.16838,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E965

secondary

#683AB9

accent

#0ED757

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF5

border

#D4D6CF

text

#14160E

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E965

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

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