#B3E457#B3E457

#B3E457 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.176 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3E457
RGB	rgb(179, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(81, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(81, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.87, -36.47, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.87, 71.77, 120.54°)
OKLab	oklab(85.71% -0.1039 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(85.71% 0.176 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.0542, 65.7580, 19.1758)
Luminance	0.6576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3E457 #8857E4

analogous

#E4CF57 #B3E457 #6DE457

triadic

#B3E457 #57B3E4 #E457B3

tetradic

#B3E457 #57E4CF #8857E4 #E4576D

square

#B3E457 #57E4CF #8857E4 #E4576D

split-complementary

#B3E457 #576DE4 #CF57E4

monochromatic

#76A61B #9BDB23 #B3E457 #CBEC8C #E3F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#B3E457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#B3E457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3E457

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3E457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3E457	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)

#EFD646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BADAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3e457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.176 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdec8c',
    500: '#b3e457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3e457;
$custom-light: #cdec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3e457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.851,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85712,
    "c": 0.17605,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3E457

secondary

#5E37A8

accent

#11D455

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3E457

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

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