#B9E055#B9E055

#B9E055 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.170 H 123.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E055
RGB	rgb(185, 224, 85)
HSL	hsl(77, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(77, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 0%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.11, -32.51, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.11, 69.94, 117.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% -0.0934 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.17 123.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.3033, 64.2812, 18.4553)
Luminance	0.6428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E055 #7C55E0

analogous

#E0C255 #B9E055 #73E055

triadic

#B9E055 #55B9E0 #E055B9

tetradic

#B9E055 #55E0C2 #7C55E0 #E05573

square

#B9E055 #55E0C2 #7C55E0 #E05573

split-complementary

#B9E055 #5573E0 #C255E0

monochromatic

#7A9E1D #A1D226 #B9E055 #CEE989 #E4F3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#B9E055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#B9E055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E055

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E055	1.00	1.52	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1D6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 224, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.170 123.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e98b',
    500: '#b9e055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e055;
$custom-light: #d1e98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.835,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85189,
    "c": 0.16999,
    "h": 123.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E055

secondary

#5638A1

accent

#14D149

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E055

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

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