#B9E256#B9E256

#B9E256 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.172 H 123.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E256
RGB	rgb(185, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(78, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(78, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.68, -33.36, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.68, 70.51, 118.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.0957 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.172 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.8840, 65.3786, 18.8463)
Luminance	0.6538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E256 #7F56E2

analogous

#E2C556 #B9E256 #73E256

triadic

#B9E256 #56B9E2 #E256B9

tetradic

#B9E256 #56E2C5 #7F56E2 #E25673

square

#B9E256 #56E2C5 #7F56E2 #E25673

split-complementary

#B9E256 #5673E2 #C556E2

monochromatic

#7BA21C #A2D625 #B9E256 #CFEB8A #E4F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#B9E256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#B9E256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E256

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E256	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.172 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1eb8b',
    500: '#b9e256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e256;
$custom-light: #d1eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.571,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85649,
    "c": 0.17171,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E256

secondary

#5838A5

accent

#13D34B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E256

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

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