#B9E95B#B9E95B

#B9E95B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.177 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9E95B
RGB	rgb(185, 233, 91)
HSL	hsl(80, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(80, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.68, -36.17, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.68, 71.98, 120.17°)
OKLab	oklab(87.28% -0.103 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(87.28% 0.177 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0350, 69.3468, 20.5921)
Luminance	0.6935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9E95B #8B5BE9

analogous

#E9D25B #B9E95B #72E95B

triadic

#B9E95B #5BB9E9 #E95BB9

tetradic

#B9E95B #5BE9D2 #8B5BE9 #E95B72

square

#B9E95B #5BE9D2 #8B5BE9 #E95B72

split-complementary

#B9E95B #5B72E9 #D25BE9

monochromatic

#7EB218 #A2E225 #B9E95B #D0F091 #E7F7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#B9E95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#B9E95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9E95B

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9E95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9E95B	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0DFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9e95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 233, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.177 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1f08f',
    500: '#b9e95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9e95b;
$custom-light: #d1f08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9e95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.282,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87275,
    "c": 0.17657,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9E95B

secondary

#6036B2

accent

#0DD952

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9E95B

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

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