#B9EC99#B9EC99

#B9EC99 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.121 H 134.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9EC99
RGB	rgb(185, 236, 153)
HSL	hsl(97, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(97, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 0%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.26, -30.84, 35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.26, 46.72, 131.32°)
OKLab	oklab(88.8% -0.0842 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(88.8% 0.121 134)
XYZ	xyz(55.7515, 72.6038, 41.2074)
Luminance	0.7260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9EC99 #CC99EC

analogous

#E3EC99 #B9EC99 #99ECA3

triadic

#B9EC99 #99B9EC #EC99B9

tetradic

#B9EC99 #99E3EC #CC99EC #ECA399

square

#B9EC99 #99E3EC #CC99EC #ECA399

split-complementary

#B9EC99 #A399EC #EC99E3

monochromatic

#72D932 #96E265 #B9EC99 #DCF6CD #EDFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#B9EC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#B9EC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9EC99

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9EC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9EC99	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDC9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9E6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ec99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 236, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.121 134.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cff2b8',
    500: '#b9ec99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ec99;
$custom-light: #cff2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ec99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.867,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88795,
    "c": 0.1212,
    "h": 134
  },
  "luminance": 0.72605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9EC99

secondary

#A062C8

accent

#15D188

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FBFEF8

border

#D4D6D1

text

#141711

muted

#838581

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9EC99

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

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