#B9EC5D#B9EC5D

#B9EC5D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.179 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9EC5D
RGB	rgb(185, 236, 93)
HSL	hsl(81, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(81, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 0%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.53, -37.37, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.53, 72.68, 120.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.97% -0.1062 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(87.97% 0.179 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9789, 71.0948, 21.3380)
Luminance	0.7110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9EC5D #905DEC

analogous

#ECD85D #B9EC5D #71EC5D

triadic

#B9EC5D #5DB9EC #EC5DB9

tetradic

#B9EC5D #5DECD8 #905DEC #EC5D71

square

#B9EC5D #5DECD8 #905DEC #EC5D71

split-complementary

#B9EC5D #5D71EC #D85DEC

monochromatic

#7FB916 #A1E626 #B9EC5D #D1F294 #E8F9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#B9EC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#B9EC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9EC5D

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9EC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9EC5D	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0E2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ec5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 236, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.179 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1f290',
    500: '#b9ec5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ec5d;
$custom-light: #d1f290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ec5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.399,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87972,
    "c": 0.17879,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9EC5D

secondary

#6435B8

accent

#0ADB55

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9EC5D

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

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