#B9E253#B9E253

#B9E253 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.174 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E253
RGB	rgb(185, 226, 83)
HSL	hsl(77, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(77, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 0%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.65, -33.58, 63.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.65, 71.67, 117.93°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.0966 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.174 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7657, 65.3312, 18.2230)
Luminance	0.6533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E253 #7C53E2

analogous

#E2C353 #B9E253 #71E253

triadic

#B9E253 #53B9E2 #E253B9

tetradic

#B9E253 #53E2C3 #7C53E2 #E25371

square

#B9E253 #53E2C3 #7C53E2 #E25371

split-complementary

#B9E253 #5371E2 #C353E2

monochromatic

#7AA01B #A1D424 #B9E253 #CEEB87 #E4F4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#B9E253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#B9E253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E253

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E253	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1D7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 226, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.174 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1eb8a',
    500: '#b9e253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e253;
$custom-light: #d1eb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.203,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85621,
    "c": 0.17398,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E253

secondary

#5637A3

accent

#12D34A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E253

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

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