#B9E557#B9E557

#B9E557 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	#B9E557
RGB	rgb(185, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(79, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(79, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 0%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.52, -34.66, 62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.52, 71.58, 118.96°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% -0.0992 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.175 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.7475, 67.0406, 19.3342)
Luminance	0.6704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E557 #8357E5

analogous

#E5CA57 #B9E557 #72E557

triadic

#B9E557 #57B9E5 #E557B9

tetradic

#B9E557 #57E5CA #8357E5 #E55772

square

#B9E557 #57E5CA #8357E5 #E55772

split-complementary

#B9E557 #5772E5 #CA57E5

monochromatic

#7CA81A #A3DD22 #B9E557 #CFED8C #E5F5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#B9E557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#B9E557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E557

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E557	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)

#F1D746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1DBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.175 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ed8c',
    500: '#b9e557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e557;
$custom-light: #d1ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.592,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86334,
    "c": 0.17466,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E557

secondary

#5A37AA

accent

#10D54D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E557

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

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