#B9E970#B9E970

#B9E970 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.159 H 127.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E970
RGB	rgb(185, 233, 112)
HSL	hsl(84, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(84, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 51.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.88, -34.32, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.88, 63.33, 122.82°)
OKLab	oklab(87.51% -0.0961 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(87.51% 0.159 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.0709, 69.7612, 26.0480)
Luminance	0.6976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 4.95

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 4.95

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E970 #A070E9

analogous

#E9DD70 #B9E970 #7CE970

triadic

#B9E970 #70B9E9 #E970B9

tetradic

#B9E970 #70E9DD #A070E9 #E9707C

square

#B9E970 #70E9DD #A070E9 #E9707C

split-complementary

#B9E970 #707CE9 #DD70E9

monochromatic

#80C11E #9FE13B #B9E970 #D3F1A5 #EDF9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#B9E970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#B9E970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E970

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E970	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEE0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 233, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.159 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0f09c',
    500: '#b9e970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e970;
$custom-light: #d0f09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.802,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87505,
    "c": 0.15857,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E970

secondary

#713EC0

accent

#10D55E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF5

border

#D4D6CF

text

#14160E

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E970

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

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