#B9E755#B9E755

#B9E755 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.179 H 124.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E755
RGB	rgb(185, 231, 85)
HSL	hsl(79, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(79, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 0%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.07, -35.72, 64.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.07, 73.32, 119.15°)
OKLab	oklab(86.77% -0.1023 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(86.77% 0.179 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.2234, 68.1215, 19.0954)
Luminance	0.6812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E755 #8355E7

analogous

#E7CC55 #B9E755 #70E755

triadic

#B9E755 #55B9E7 #E755B9

tetradic

#B9E755 #55E7CC #8355E7 #E75570

square

#B9E755 #55E7CC #8355E7 #E75570

split-complementary

#B9E755 #5570E7 #CC55E7

monochromatic

#7CAA18 #A3DF20 #B9E755 #CFEF8B #E5F6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#B9E755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#B9E755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E755

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E755	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1DCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 231, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.179 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ee8b',
    500: '#b9e755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e755;
$custom-light: #d1ee8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.904,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86767,
    "c": 0.17866,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E755

secondary

#5A35AB

accent

#0ED74E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E755

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

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