#B9E56B#B9E56B

#B9E56B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.158 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E56B
RGB	rgb(185, 229, 107)
HSL	hsl(82, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(82, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 0%, 53.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.71, -32.97, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.71, 63.38, 121.34°)
OKLab	oklab(86.55% -0.0927 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(86.55% 0.158 126)
XYZ	xyz(50.6807, 67.4139, 24.2492)
Luminance	0.6741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 5.92

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E56B #976BE5

analogous

#E5D46B #B9E56B #7CE56B

triadic

#B9E56B #6BB9E5 #E56BB9

tetradic

#B9E56B #6BE5D4 #976BE5 #E56B7C

square

#B9E56B #6BE5D4 #976BE5 #E56B7C

split-complementary

#B9E56B #6B7CE5 #D46BE5

monochromatic

#80B620 #A0DC37 #B9E56B #D2EE9F #EAF7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#B9E56B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#B9E56B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E56B

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E56B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E56B	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D85F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFDCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e56b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 229, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.158 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ed99',
    500: '#b9e56b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e56b;
$custom-light: #d0ed99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e56b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.639,
    "s": 70.115,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86547,
    "c": 0.15781,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.67414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E56B

secondary

#693EB6

accent

#13D258

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14160E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E56B

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

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