#B9E356#B9E356

#B9E356 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.173 H 124.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E356
RGB	rgb(185, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(78, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(78, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 0%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.96, -33.82, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.96, 71.00, 118.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.87% -0.097 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(85.87% 0.173 124.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.1567, 65.9240, 18.9372)
Luminance	0.6592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E356 #8056E3

analogous

#E3C756 #B9E356 #73E356

triadic

#B9E356 #56B9E3 #E356B9

tetradic

#B9E356 #56E3C7 #8056E3 #E35673

square

#B9E356 #56E3C7 #8056E3 #E35673

split-complementary

#B9E356 #5673E3 #C756E3

monochromatic

#7BA41B #A2D824 #B9E356 #CFEC8B #E4F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#B9E356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#B9E356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E356

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E356	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)

#EFD545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1D9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.173 124.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ec8b',
    500: '#b9e356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e356;
$custom-light: #d1ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.872,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85874,
    "c": 0.17295,
    "h": 124.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E356

secondary

#5837A6

accent

#12D44C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E356

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

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