#B9E157#B9E157

#B9E157 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.170 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E157
RGB	rgb(185, 225, 87)
HSL	hsl(77, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(77, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 0%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.41, -32.82, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.41, 69.63, 118.12°)
OKLab	oklab(85.43% -0.0941 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(85.43% 0.17 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.6534, 64.8525, 18.9696)
Luminance	0.6485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E157 #7F57E1

analogous

#E1C457 #B9E157 #74E157

triadic

#B9E157 #57B9E1 #E157B9

tetradic

#B9E157 #57E1C4 #7F57E1 #E15774

square

#B9E157 #57E1C4 #7F57E1 #E15774

split-complementary

#B9E157 #5774E1 #C457E1

monochromatic

#7BA11D #A2D526 #B9E157 #CFEA8B #E4F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#B9E157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#B9E157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E157

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E157	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)

#EDD447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1D7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 225, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.170 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ea8c',
    500: '#b9e157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e157;
$custom-light: #d1ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.391,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85433,
    "c": 0.16968,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E157

secondary

#5838A4

accent

#14D24B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E157

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

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