#B9DE55#B9DE55

#B9DE55 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.168 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DE55
RGB	rgb(185, 222, 85)
HSL	hsl(76, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(76, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.55, -31.58, 61.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.55, 68.97, 117.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.74% -0.0908 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(84.74% 0.168 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.7690, 63.2125, 18.2772)
Luminance	0.6321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DE55 #7A55DE

analogous

#DEBE55 #B9DE55 #75DE55

triadic

#B9DE55 #55B9DE #DE55B9

tetradic

#B9DE55 #55DEBE #7A55DE #DE5575

square

#B9DE55 #55DEBE #7A55DE #DE5575

split-complementary

#B9DE55 #5575DE #BE55DE

monochromatic

#799B1E #A1CE28 #B9DE55 #CEE888 #E3F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#B9DE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#B9DE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DE55

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DE55	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9de55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 222, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.168 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e88a',
    500: '#b9de55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9de55;
$custom-light: #d1e88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9de55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.204,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84739,
    "c": 0.16751,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DE55

secondary

#54399E

accent

#16CF48

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DE55

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

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