#B9ED5B#B9ED5B

#B9ED5B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.182 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9ED5B
RGB	rgb(185, 237, 91)
HSL	hsl(81, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(81, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 0%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.79, -37.98, 63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.79, 73.95, 120.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.18% -0.108 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(88.18% 0.182 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.1802, 71.6372, 20.9738)
Luminance	0.7164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9ED5B #8F5BED

analogous

#EDD85B #B9ED5B #70ED5B

triadic

#B9ED5B #5BB9ED #ED5BB9

tetradic

#B9ED5B #5BEDD8 #8F5BED #ED5B70

square

#B9ED5B #5BEDD8 #8F5BED #ED5B70

split-complementary

#B9ED5B #5B70ED #D85BED

monochromatic

#7FB914 #A1E724 #B9ED5B #D1F392 #E8F9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#B9ED5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#B9ED5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9ED5B

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9ED5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9ED5B	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0E3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ed5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 237, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.182 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1f38f',
    500: '#b9ed5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ed5b;
$custom-light: #d1f38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ed5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.37,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88179,
    "c": 0.18161,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9ED5B

secondary

#6334B8

accent

#09DD54

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9ED5B

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

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