#B9E556#B9E556

#B9E556 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.175 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E556
RGB	rgb(185, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(78, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(78, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 0%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.52, -34.73, 63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.52, 71.97, 118.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% -0.0995 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.175 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.7069, 67.0244, 19.1206)
Luminance	0.6703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E556 #8256E5

analogous

#E5CA56 #B9E556 #72E556

triadic

#B9E556 #56B9E5 #E556B9

tetradic

#B9E556 #56E5CA #8256E5 #E55672

square

#B9E556 #56E5CA #8256E5 #E55672

split-complementary

#B9E556 #5672E5 #CA56E5

monochromatic

#7BA71A #A3DC22 #B9E556 #CFED8B #E5F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#B9E556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#B9E556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E556

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E556	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1DBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.175 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ed8c',
    500: '#b9e556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e556;
$custom-light: #d1ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.462,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86325,
    "c": 0.17543,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E556

secondary

#5A36A9

accent

#10D54D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E556

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

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