#B9EC79#B9EC79

#B9EC79 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.154 H 128.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9EC79
RGB	rgb(185, 236, 121)
HSL	hsl(87, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(87, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 0%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.82, -34.77, 50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.82, 61.03, 124.73°)
OKLab	oklab(88.3% -0.0967 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(88.3% 0.154 128.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4538, 71.6847, 29.1058)
Luminance	0.7169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 4.37

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9EC79 #AC79EC

analogous

#ECE679 #B9EC79 #7FEC79

triadic

#B9EC79 #79B9EC #EC79B9

tetradic

#B9EC79 #79ECE6 #AC79EC #EC797F

square

#B9EC79 #79ECE6 #AC79EC #EC797F

split-complementary

#B9EC79 #797FEC #E679EC

monochromatic

#7FCD1D #9DE443 #B9EC79 #D5F4AF #F1FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#B9EC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#B9EC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9EC79

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9EC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9EC79	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDE3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ec79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 236, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.154 128.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0f2a2',
    500: '#b9ec79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ec79;
$custom-light: #d0f2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ec79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.609,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88295,
    "c": 0.15416,
    "h": 128.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9EC79

secondary

#7D44C5

accent

#0ED767

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF5

border

#D4D6CF

text

#14170F

muted

#838580

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9EC79

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

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