#B9E357#B9E357

#B9E357 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.172 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E357
RGB	rgb(185, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(78, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(78, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.97, -33.74, 62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.97, 70.61, 118.55°)
OKLab	oklab(85.88% -0.0967 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(85.88% 0.172 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1973, 65.9402, 19.1508)
Luminance	0.6594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E357 #8157E3

analogous

#E3C757 #B9E357 #73E357

triadic

#B9E357 #57B9E3 #E357B9

tetradic

#B9E357 #57E3C7 #8157E3 #E35773

square

#B9E357 #57E3C7 #8157E3 #E35773

split-complementary

#B9E357 #5773E3 #C757E3

monochromatic

#7BA41B #A3D924 #B9E357 #CFEC8B #E5F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#B9E357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#B9E357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E357

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E357	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1D9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.172 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ec8c',
    500: '#b9e357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e357;
$custom-light: #d1ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85883,
    "c": 0.17217,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E357

secondary

#5938A7

accent

#12D34C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E357

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

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