#B9E458#B9E458

#B9E458 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	#B9E458
RGB	rgb(185, 228, 88)
HSL	hsl(78, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(78, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 61.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -34.13, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 70.70, 118.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.12% -0.0976 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(86.12% 0.173 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5127, 66.5053, 19.4589)
Luminance	0.6651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E458 #8358E4

analogous

#E4C958 #B9E458 #73E458

triadic

#B9E458 #58B9E4 #E458B9

tetradic

#B9E458 #58E4C9 #8358E4 #E45873

square

#B9E458 #58E4C9 #8358E4 #E45873

split-complementary

#B9E458 #5873E4 #C958E4

monochromatic

#7CA71B #A3DB23 #B9E458 #CFED8D #E5F5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#B9E458 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#B9E458 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E458

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E458	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E458	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)

#F0D647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1DAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e458;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 228, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.173 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ec8d',
    500: '#b9e458',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e458;
$custom-light: #d1ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e458",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.429,
    "s": 72.165,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86118,
    "c": 0.17264,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E458

secondary

#5A37A9

accent

#11D44D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E458

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

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