#B9E457#B9E457

#B9E457 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.173 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E457
RGB	rgb(185, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(78, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(78, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -34.20, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 71.09, 118.76°)
OKLab	oklab(86.11% -0.0979 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(86.11% 0.173 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4716, 66.4888, 19.2423)
Luminance	0.6649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E457 #8257E4

analogous

#E4C957 #B9E457 #73E457

triadic

#B9E457 #57B9E4 #E457B9

tetradic

#B9E457 #57E4C9 #8257E4 #E45773

square

#B9E457 #57E4C9 #8257E4 #E45773

split-complementary

#B9E457 #5773E4 #C957E4

monochromatic

#7BA61B #A3DB23 #B9E457 #CFEC8C #E5F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#B9E457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#B9E457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E457

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E457	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1DAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.173 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ec8c',
    500: '#b9e457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e457;
$custom-light: #d1ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.298,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86109,
    "c": 0.17342,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E457

secondary

#5A37A8

accent

#11D44D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E457

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

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