#B9E976#B9E976

#B9E976 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.153 H 127.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E976
RGB	rgb(185, 233, 118)
HSL	hsl(85, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(85, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 49.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.95, -33.71, 50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.95, 60.73, 123.72°)
OKLab	oklab(87.58% -0.094 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(87.58% 0.153 127.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.4162, 69.8993, 27.8664)
Luminance	0.6990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 4.73

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 4.98

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E976 #A676E9

analogous

#E9DF76 #B9E976 #80E976

triadic

#B9E976 #76B9E9 #E976B9

tetradic

#B9E976 #76E9DF #A676E9 #E97680

square

#B9E976 #76E9DF #A676E9 #E97680

split-complementary

#B9E976 #7680E9 #DF76E9

monochromatic

#80C520 #9EE141 #B9E976 #D4F1AB #EFFADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#B9E976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#B9E976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E976

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E976	1.00	1.40	14.98	14.98
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEE0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 233, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.153 127.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0f0a0',
    500: '#b9e976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e976;
$custom-light: #d0f0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.043,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87582,
    "c": 0.15291,
    "h": 127.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E976

secondary

#7742C1

accent

#11D463

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF5

border

#D4D6CF

text

#14160F

muted

#838580

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E976

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

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