#B3E456#B3E456

#B3E456 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.177 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3E456
RGB	rgb(179, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(81, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(81, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.86, -36.55, 62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.86, 72.16, 120.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.7% -0.1042 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(85.7% 0.177 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.0136, 65.7417, 18.9622)
Luminance	0.6574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3E456 #8756E4

analogous

#E4CE56 #B3E456 #6CE456

triadic

#B3E456 #56B3E4 #E456B3

tetradic

#B3E456 #56E4CE #8756E4 #E4566C

square

#B3E456 #56E4CE #8756E4 #E4566C

split-complementary

#B3E456 #566CE4 #CE56E4

monochromatic

#75A51A #9BDA23 #B3E456 #CBEC8B #E2F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#B3E456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#B3E456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3E456

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3E456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3E456	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BADAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3e456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.177 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdec8b',
    500: '#b3e456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3e456;
$custom-light: #cdec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3e456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.704,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85703,
    "c": 0.17681,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3E456

secondary

#5E37A7

accent

#11D554

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3E456

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

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