#B9E85B#B9E85B

#B9E85B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.175 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E85B
RGB	rgb(185, 232, 91)
HSL	hsl(80, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(80, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.40, -35.72, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.40, 71.48, 119.98°)
OKLab	oklab(87.05% -0.1018 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(87.05% 0.175 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.7527, 68.7823, 20.4980)
Luminance	0.6878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E85B #8A5BE8

analogous

#E8D05B #B9E85B #72E85B

triadic

#B9E85B #5BB9E8 #E85BB9

tetradic

#B9E85B #5BE8D0 #8A5BE8 #E85B72

square

#B9E85B #5BE8D0 #8A5BE8 #E85B72

split-complementary

#B9E85B #5B72E8 #D05BE8

monochromatic

#7EB019 #A2E025 #B9E85B #D0F091 #E7F7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#B9E85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#B9E85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E85B

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E85B	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0DECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 232, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.175 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ef8f',
    500: '#b9e85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e85b;
$custom-light: #d1ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87049,
    "c": 0.17531,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E85B

secondary

#5F37B1

accent

#0ED851

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E85B

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

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