#B9E856#B9E856

#B9E856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.179 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E856
RGB	rgb(185, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(79, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(79, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.35, -36.10, 63.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.35, 73.42, 119.45°)
OKLab	oklab(87% -0.1033 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(87% 0.179 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.5441, 68.6988, 19.3996)
Luminance	0.6870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E856 #8556E8

analogous

#E8CE56 #B9E856 #70E856

triadic

#B9E856 #56B9E8 #E856B9

tetradic

#B9E856 #56E8CE #8556E8 #E85670

square

#B9E856 #56E8CE #8556E8 #E85670

split-complementary

#B9E856 #5670E8 #CE56E8

monochromatic

#7CAC17 #A3E120 #B9E856 #CFEF8C #E6F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#B9E856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#B9E856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E856

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E856	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	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)

#F4DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1DECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.179 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ef8c',
    500: '#b9e856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e856;
$custom-light: #d1ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.315,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87002,
    "c": 0.17916,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E856

secondary

#5C35AD

accent

#0DD84F

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E856

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

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