#B9E85E#B9E85E

#B9E85E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.173 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E85E
RGB	rgb(185, 232, 94)
HSL	hsl(80, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(80, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.42, -35.48, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.42, 70.30, 120.31°)
OKLab	oklab(87.08% -0.1009 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(87.08% 0.173 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.8847, 68.8351, 21.1932)
Luminance	0.6884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E85E #8D5EE8

analogous

#E8D25E #B9E85E #74E85E

triadic

#B9E85E #5EB9E8 #E85EB9

tetradic

#B9E85E #5EE8D2 #8D5EE8 #E85E74

square

#B9E85E #5EE8D2 #8D5EE8 #E85E74

split-complementary

#B9E85E #5E74E8 #D25EE8

monochromatic

#7EB219 #A2E028 #B9E85E #D0F094 #E8F7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#B9E85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#B9E85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E85E

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E85E	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0DECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 232, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.173 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ef91',
    500: '#b9e85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e85e;
$custom-light: #d1ef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.435,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87079,
    "c": 0.17292,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E85E

secondary

#6138B3

accent

#0ED753

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E85E

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

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