#B9E956#B9E956

#B9E956 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.180 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E956
RGB	rgb(185, 233, 86)
HSL	hsl(80, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(80, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.63, -36.55, 64.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.63, 73.90, 119.64°)
OKLab	oklab(87.23% -0.1045 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(87.23% 0.18 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.8264, 69.2634, 19.4937)
Luminance	0.6926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E956 #8656E9

analogous

#E9D056 #B9E956 #6FE956

triadic

#B9E956 #56B9E9 #E956B9

tetradic

#B9E956 #56E9D0 #8656E9 #E9566F

square

#B9E956 #56E9D0 #8656E9 #E9566F

split-complementary

#B9E956 #566FE9 #D056E9

monochromatic

#7DAE17 #A3E220 #B9E956 #CFF08C #E6F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#B9E956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#B9E956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E956

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E956	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0DECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 233, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.180 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1f08c',
    500: '#b9e956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e956;
$custom-light: #d1f08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.592,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87228,
    "c": 0.1804,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E956

secondary

#5C34AF

accent

#0CD94F

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E956

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

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