#B9E565#B9E565

#B9E565 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.163 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E565
RGB	rgb(185, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(81, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(81, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 0%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, -33.52, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 65.92, 120.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.0948 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.163 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.3759, 67.2920, 22.6441)
Luminance	0.6729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E565 #9165E5

analogous

#E5D165 #B9E565 #79E565

triadic

#B9E565 #65B9E5 #E565B9

tetradic

#B9E565 #65E5D1 #9165E5 #E56579

square

#B9E565 #65E5D1 #9165E5 #E56579

split-complementary

#B9E565 #6579E5 #D165E5

monochromatic

#7FB21E #A1DC31 #B9E565 #D1EE99 #E9F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#B9E565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#B9E565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E565

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E565	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD66D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0DBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.163 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ed95',
    500: '#b9e565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e565;
$custom-light: #d0ed95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.625,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86477,
    "c": 0.16317,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E565

secondary

#653CB2

accent

#12D355

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E565

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

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