#B9E453#B9E453

#B9E453 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.176 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E453
RGB	rgb(185, 228, 83)
HSL	hsl(78, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(78, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.21, -34.49, 63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.21, 72.63, 118.35°)
OKLab	oklab(86.07% -0.0991 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(86.07% 0.176 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.3127, 66.4252, 18.4053)
Luminance	0.6643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E453 #7E53E4

analogous

#E4C653 #B9E453 #70E453

triadic

#B9E453 #53B9E4 #E453B9

tetradic

#B9E453 #53E4C6 #7E53E4 #E45370

square

#B9E453 #53E4C6 #7E53E4 #E45370

split-complementary

#B9E453 #5370E4 #C653E4

monochromatic

#7AA31A #A2D822 #B9E453 #CFEC88 #E4F5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#B9E453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#B9E453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E453

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E453	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1D9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 228, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.176 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ec8a',
    500: '#b9e453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e453;
$custom-light: #d1ec8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.793,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86072,
    "c": 0.17644,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E453

secondary

#5736A5

accent

#11D54B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E453

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

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