#B9E855#B9E855

#B9E855 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.180 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E855
RGB	rgb(185, 232, 85)
HSL	hsl(79, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(79, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.35, -36.17, 64.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.35, 73.80, 119.35°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.1036 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.18 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.5041, 68.6828, 19.1889)
Luminance	0.6868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E855 #8455E8

analogous

#E8CE55 #B9E855 #6FE855

triadic

#B9E855 #55B9E8 #E855B9

tetradic

#B9E855 #55E8CE #8455E8 #E8556F

square

#B9E855 #55E8CE #8455E8 #E8556F

split-complementary

#B9E855 #556FE8 #CE55E8

monochromatic

#7CAB17 #A3E11F #B9E855 #CFEF8B #E5F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#B9E855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#B9E855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E855

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E855	1.00	1.43	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1DDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 232, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.180 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ef8b',
    500: '#b9e855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e855;
$custom-light: #d1ef8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.184,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86993,
    "c": 0.1799,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E855

secondary

#5B35AD

accent

#0DD84E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E855

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

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