#B9EA56#B9EA56

#B9EA56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.182 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9EA56
RGB	rgb(185, 234, 86)
HSL	hsl(80, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(80, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 0%, 63.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.91, -37.00, 64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.91, 74.39, 119.83°)
OKLab	oklab(87.45% -0.1058 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(87.45% 0.182 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1103, 69.8312, 19.5884)
Luminance	0.6983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9EA56 #8756EA

analogous

#EAD156 #B9EA56 #6FEA56

triadic

#B9EA56 #56B9EA #EA56B9

tetradic

#B9EA56 #56EAD1 #8756EA #EA566F

square

#B9EA56 #56EAD1 #8756EA #EA566F

split-complementary

#B9EA56 #566FEA #D156EA

monochromatic

#7DB016 #A2E320 #B9EA56 #D0F18C #E6F8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#B9EA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#B9EA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9EA56

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9EA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9EA56	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0DFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ea56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 234, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.182 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1f18c',
    500: '#b9ea56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ea56;
$custom-light: #d1f18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ea56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.865,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87454,
    "c": 0.18164,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9EA56

secondary

#5D34B0

accent

#0BDA50

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9EA56

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

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