#B9EC5E#B9EC5E

#B9EC5E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.178 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9EC5E
RGB	rgb(185, 236, 94)
HSL	hsl(82, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(82, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 0%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.54, -37.29, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.54, 72.28, 121.06°)
OKLab	oklab(87.98% -0.1059 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(87.98% 0.178 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.0234, 71.1126, 21.5728)
Luminance	0.7111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9EC5E #915EEC

analogous

#ECD85E #B9EC5E #72EC5E

triadic

#B9EC5E #5EB9EC #EC5EB9

tetradic

#B9EC5E #5EECD8 #915EEC #EC5E72

square

#B9EC5E #5EECD8 #915EEC #EC5E72

split-complementary

#B9EC5E #5E72EC #D85EEC

monochromatic

#7FBA16 #A1E627 #B9EC5E #D1F295 #E9F9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#B9EC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#B9EC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9EC5E

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9EC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9EC5E	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)

#F7DD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0E2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ec5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 236, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.178 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1f291',
    500: '#b9ec5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ec5e;
$custom-light: #d1f291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ec5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.549,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87982,
    "c": 0.178,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9EC5E

secondary

#6535B9

accent

#0ADB55

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9EC5E

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

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