#B9E85A#B9E85A

#B9E85A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.176 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E85A
RGB	rgb(185, 232, 90)
HSL	hsl(80, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(80, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.39, -35.80, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.39, 71.88, 119.87°)
OKLab	oklab(87.04% -0.1021 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(87.04% 0.176 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.7098, 68.7651, 20.2723)
Luminance	0.6877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E85A #895AE8

analogous

#E8D05A #B9E85A #72E85A

triadic

#B9E85A #5AB9E8 #E85AB9

tetradic

#B9E85A #5AE8D0 #895AE8 #E85A72

square

#B9E85A #5AE8D0 #895AE8 #E85A72

split-complementary

#B9E85A #5A72E8 #D05AE8

monochromatic

#7DAF18 #A2E124 #B9E85A #D0EF90 #E7F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#B9E85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#B9E85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E85A

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E85A	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0DECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 232, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.176 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ef8e',
    500: '#b9e85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e85a;
$custom-light: #d1ef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.859,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87039,
    "c": 0.17609,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E85A

secondary

#5F36B0

accent

#0ED851

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E85A

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

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