#BEF179#BEF179

#BEF179 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.159 H 128.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEF179
RGB	rgb(190, 241, 121)
HSL	hsl(86, 81%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(86, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 0%, 49.8%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.50, -35.24, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.50, 63.04, 123.99°)
OKLab	oklab(89.73% -0.0983 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(89.73% 0.159 128.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.1413, 75.2373, 29.6499)
Luminance	0.7524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 3.20

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 3.98

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEF179 #AC79F1

analogous

#F1E879 #BEF179 #82F179

triadic

#BEF179 #79BEF1 #F179BE

tetradic

#BEF179 #79F1E8 #AC79F1 #F17982

square

#BEF179 #79F1E8 #AC79F1 #F17982

split-complementary

#BEF179 #7982F1 #E879F1

monochromatic

#86D917 #A3EB42 #BEF179 #D9F7B0 #F2FCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#BEF179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#BEF179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEF179

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEF179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEF179	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE36E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E080

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3E8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bef179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 241, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.159 128.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4f6a2',
    500: '#bef179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bef179;
$custom-light: #d4f6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bef179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.5,
    "s": 81.081,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89734,
    "c": 0.15873,
    "h": 128.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEF179

secondary

#7D43CB

accent

#08DD63

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF6

border

#D4D6D0

text

#14170F

muted

#838580

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEF179

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

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