#B9E657#B9E657

#B9E657 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.176 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E657
RGB	rgb(185, 230, 87)
HSL	hsl(79, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(79, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 0%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.80, -35.12, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.80, 72.07, 119.16°)
OKLab	oklab(86.56% -0.1005 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(86.56% 0.176 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.0249, 67.5956, 19.4267)
Luminance	0.6760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E657 #8457E6

analogous

#E6CB57 #B9E657 #72E657

triadic

#B9E657 #57B9E6 #E657B9

tetradic

#B9E657 #57E6CB #8457E6 #E65772

square

#B9E657 #57E6CB #8457E6 #E65772

split-complementary

#B9E657 #5772E6 #CB57E6

monochromatic

#7CA919 #A3DE22 #B9E657 #CFEE8C #E5F6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#B9E657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#B9E657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E657

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E657	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1DCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 230, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.176 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ee8c',
    500: '#b9e657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e657;
$custom-light: #d1ee8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.881,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8656,
    "c": 0.17591,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E657

secondary

#5B36AB

accent

#0FD64E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E657

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

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