#B9E459#B9E459

#B9E459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.172 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E459
RGB	rgb(185, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(79, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(79, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.26, -34.05, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.26, 70.31, 118.97°)
OKLab	oklab(86.13% -0.0973 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(86.13% 0.172 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.5544, 66.5219, 19.6786)
Luminance	0.6652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E459 #8459E4

analogous

#E4CA59 #B9E459 #74E459

triadic

#B9E459 #59B9E4 #E459B9

tetradic

#B9E459 #59E4CA #8459E4 #E45974

square

#B9E459 #59E4CA #8459E4 #E45974

split-complementary

#B9E459 #5974E4 #CA59E4

monochromatic

#7CA71B #A3DB24 #B9E459 #CFED8E #E5F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#B9E459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#B9E459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E459

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E459	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)

#F0D649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1DAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.172 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ec8d',
    500: '#b9e459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e459;
$custom-light: #d1ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.561,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86128,
    "c": 0.17185,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E459

secondary

#5B38A9

accent

#11D44E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E459

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

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