#B9E259#B9E259

#B9E259 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.169 H 124.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E259
RGB	rgb(185, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(78, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(78, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.70, -33.13, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.70, 69.33, 118.55°)
OKLab	oklab(85.68% -0.0948 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(85.68% 0.169 124)
XYZ	xyz(49.0074, 65.4279, 19.4962)
Luminance	0.6543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E259 #8259E2

analogous

#E2C659 #B9E259 #75E259

triadic

#B9E259 #59B9E2 #E259B9

tetradic

#B9E259 #59E2C6 #8259E2 #E25975

square

#B9E259 #59E2C6 #8259E2 #E25975

split-complementary

#B9E259 #5975E2 #C659E2

monochromatic

#7BA41D #A3D826 #B9E259 #CFEB8D #E5F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#B9E259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#B9E259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E259

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E259	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.169 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1eb8d',
    500: '#b9e259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e259;
$custom-light: #d1eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.956,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85677,
    "c": 0.16935,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.65428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E259

secondary

#5A39A6

accent

#13D24C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E259

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

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