#B9E355#B9E355

#B9E355 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.174 H 124.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E355
RGB	rgb(185, 227, 85)
HSL	hsl(78, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(78, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 0%, 62.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.95, -33.89, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.95, 71.39, 118.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.87% -0.0972 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(85.87% 0.174 124)
XYZ	xyz(49.1167, 65.9080, 18.7265)
Luminance	0.6591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E355 #7F55E3

analogous

#E3C655 #B9E355 #72E355

triadic

#B9E355 #55B9E3 #E355B9

tetradic

#B9E355 #55E3C6 #7F55E3 #E35572

square

#B9E355 #55E3C6 #7F55E3 #E35572

split-complementary

#B9E355 #5572E3 #C655E3

monochromatic

#7BA31B #A2D723 #B9E355 #CFEC8A #E4F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#B9E355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#B9E355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E355

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E355	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1D9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 227, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.174 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ec8b',
    500: '#b9e355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e355;
$custom-light: #d1ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.746,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85865,
    "c": 0.1737,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.65908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E355

secondary

#5837A5

accent

#12D44B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E355

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

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