#B9E561#B9E561

#B9E561 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.167 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E561
RGB	rgb(185, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(80, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(80, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 0%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.61, -33.86, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.61, 67.58, 120.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86.43% -0.0961 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(86.43% 0.167 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.1847, 67.2155, 21.6369)
Luminance	0.6722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E561 #8D61E5

analogous

#E5CF61 #B9E561 #77E561

triadic

#B9E561 #61B9E5 #E561B9

tetradic

#B9E561 #61E5CF #8D61E5 #E56177

square

#B9E561 #61E5CF #8D61E5 #E56177

split-complementary

#B9E561 #6177E5 #CF61E5

monochromatic

#7EAF1D #A2DC2C #B9E561 #D0EE96 #E8F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#B9E561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#B9E561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E561

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E561	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0DBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.167 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ed92',
    500: '#b9e561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e561;
$custom-light: #d1ed92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86434,
    "c": 0.16659,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E561

secondary

#613AB0

accent

#12D452

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E561

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

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