#B9E759#B9E759

#B9E759 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.176 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E759
RGB	rgb(185, 231, 89)
HSL	hsl(79, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(79, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 0%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.10, -35.42, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.10, 71.78, 119.57°)
OKLab	oklab(86.8% -0.1011 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(86.8% 0.176 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.3869, 68.1869, 19.9561)
Luminance	0.6819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E759 #8759E7

analogous

#E7CE59 #B9E759 #72E759

triadic

#B9E759 #59B9E7 #E759B9

tetradic

#B9E759 #59E7CE #8759E7 #E75972

square

#B9E759 #59E7CE #8759E7 #E75972

split-complementary

#B9E759 #5972E7 #CE59E7

monochromatic

#7DAD19 #A2DF24 #B9E759 #D0EF8E #E6F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#B9E759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#B9E759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E759

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E759	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0DDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 231, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.176 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ee8d',
    500: '#b9e759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e759;
$custom-light: #d1ee8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.437,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86804,
    "c": 0.17561,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E759

secondary

#5D36AE

accent

#0FD74F

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E759

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

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