#B9E156#B9E156

#B9E156 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.170 H 123.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E156
RGB	rgb(185, 225, 86)
HSL	hsl(77, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(77, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 0%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.40, -32.90, 61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.40, 70.03, 118.02°)
OKLab	oklab(85.42% -0.0944 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(85.42% 0.17 123.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6129, 64.8363, 18.7559)
Luminance	0.6484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E156 #7E56E1

analogous

#E1C356 #B9E156 #73E156

triadic

#B9E156 #56B9E1 #E156B9

tetradic

#B9E156 #56E1C3 #7E56E1 #E15673

square

#B9E156 #56E1C3 #7E56E1 #E15673

split-complementary

#B9E156 #5673E1 #C356E1

monochromatic

#7AA01C #A2D426 #B9E156 #CFEA8A #E4F3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#B9E156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#B9E156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E156

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E156	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1D7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 225, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.170 123.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ea8b',
    500: '#b9e156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e156;
$custom-light: #d1ea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.266,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85423,
    "c": 0.17046,
    "h": 123.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E156

secondary

#5738A3

accent

#14D24A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E156

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

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