#B9E455#B9E455

#B9E455 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.175 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E455
RGB	rgb(185, 228, 85)
HSL	hsl(78, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(78, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.23, -34.35, 63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.23, 71.87, 118.55°)
OKLab	oklab(86.09% -0.0985 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(86.09% 0.175 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.3910, 66.4566, 18.8179)
Luminance	0.6646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E455 #8055E4

analogous

#E4C855 #B9E455 #72E455

triadic

#B9E455 #55B9E4 #E455B9

tetradic

#B9E455 #55E4C8 #8055E4 #E45572

square

#B9E455 #55E4C8 #8055E4 #E45572

split-complementary

#B9E455 #5572E4 #C855E4

monochromatic

#7BA41A #A2D923 #B9E455 #CFEC8A #E4F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#B9E455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#B9E455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E455

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E455	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)

#F0D643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1DAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 228, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.175 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ec8b',
    500: '#b9e455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e455;
$custom-light: #d1ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.042,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8609,
    "c": 0.17495,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E455

secondary

#5836A7

accent

#11D54C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E455

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

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