#B9E555#B9E555

#B9E555 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.176 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E555
RGB	rgb(185, 229, 85)
HSL	hsl(78, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(78, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 0%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.51, -34.81, 63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.51, 72.35, 118.76°)
OKLab	oklab(86.32% -0.0998 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(86.32% 0.176 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.6669, 67.0084, 18.9099)
Luminance	0.6701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E555 #8155E5

analogous

#E5C955 #B9E555 #71E555

triadic

#B9E555 #55B9E5 #E555B9

tetradic

#B9E555 #55E5C9 #8155E5 #E55571

square

#B9E555 #55E5C9 #8155E5 #E55571

split-complementary

#B9E555 #5571E5 #C955E5

monochromatic

#7BA619 #A3DB22 #B9E555 #CFED8A #E5F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#B9E555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#B9E555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E555

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E555	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)

#F1D743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1DAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 229, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.176 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ed8b',
    500: '#b9e555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e555;
$custom-light: #d1ed8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.333,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86316,
    "c": 0.17618,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E555

secondary

#5936A8

accent

#10D64C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E555

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

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