#B9E853#B9E853

#B9E853 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.181 H 125.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E853
RGB	rgb(185, 232, 83)
HSL	hsl(79, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(79, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.33, -36.31, 65.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.33, 74.55, 119.15°)
OKLab	oklab(86.98% -0.1041 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(86.98% 0.181 125)
XYZ	xyz(50.4258, 68.6515, 18.7764)
Luminance	0.6865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E853 #8253E8

analogous

#E8CC53 #B9E853 #6FE853

triadic

#B9E853 #53B9E8 #E853B9

tetradic

#B9E853 #53E8CC #8253E8 #E8536F

square

#B9E853 #53E8CC #8253E8 #E8536F

split-complementary

#B9E853 #536FE8 #CC53E8

monochromatic

#7BAA17 #A3E01E #B9E853 #CFEF89 #E5F6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#B9E853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#B9E853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E853

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E853	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1DDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 232, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.181 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ef8a',
    500: '#b9e853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e853;
$custom-light: #d1ef8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.926,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86976,
    "c": 0.18136,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.68652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E853

secondary

#5A34AB

accent

#0DD94D

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E853

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

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