#B9E659#B9E659

#B9E659 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.174 H 124.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E659
RGB	rgb(185, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(79, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(79, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.82, -34.96, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.82, 71.29, 119.37°)
OKLab	oklab(86.58% -0.0999 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(86.58% 0.174 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.1078, 67.6287, 19.8630)
Luminance	0.6763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E659 #8659E6

analogous

#E6CD59 #B9E659 #72E659

triadic

#B9E659 #59B9E6 #E659B9

tetradic

#B9E659 #59E6CD #8659E6 #E65972

square

#B9E659 #59E6CD #8659E6 #E65972

split-complementary

#B9E659 #5972E6 #CD59E6

monochromatic

#7DAB1A #A3DE24 #B9E659 #CFEE8E #E6F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#B9E659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#B9E659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E659

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E659	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1DCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.174 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ee8d',
    500: '#b9e659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e659;
$custom-light: #d1ee8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.149,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86579,
    "c": 0.17436,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E659

secondary

#5C37AC

accent

#10D64F

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E659

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

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