#B9E553#B9E553

#B9E553 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.178 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E553
RGB	rgb(185, 229, 83)
HSL	hsl(78, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(78, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 0%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.49, -34.95, 64.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.49, 73.11, 118.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.3% -0.1004 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(86.3% 0.178 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5886, 66.9770, 18.4973)
Luminance	0.6698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E553 #7F53E5

analogous

#E5C853 #B9E553 #70E553

triadic

#B9E553 #53B9E5 #E553B9

tetradic

#B9E553 #53E5C8 #7F53E5 #E55370

square

#B9E553 #53E5C8 #7F53E5 #E55370

split-complementary

#B9E553 #5370E5 #C853E5

monochromatic

#7BA519 #A2DA21 #B9E553 #CFED88 #E4F5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#B9E553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#B9E553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E553

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E553	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1DAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 229, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.178 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ed8a',
    500: '#b9e553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e553;
$custom-light: #d1ed8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.082,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86298,
    "c": 0.17768,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E553

secondary

#5835A7

accent

#10D64B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E553

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

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