#B4DC59#B4DC59

#B4DC59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.164 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4DC59
RGB	rgb(180, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(78, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(78, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 0%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.71, -32.27, 58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.71, 66.90, 118.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0921 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.164 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.2190, 61.6106, 18.9063)
Luminance	0.6161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4DC59 #8159DC

analogous

#DCC359 #B4DC59 #72DC59

triadic

#B4DC59 #59B4DC #DC59B4

tetradic

#B4DC59 #59DCC3 #8159DC #DC5972

square

#B4DC59 #59DCC3 #8159DC #DC5972

split-complementary

#B4DC59 #5972DC #C359DC

monochromatic

#759A20 #9BCD2B #B4DC59 #CBE78C #E2F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#B4DC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#B4DC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4DC59

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4DC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4DC59	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCD2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4dc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.164 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cde78d',
    500: '#b4dc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4dc59;
$custom-light: #cde78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4dc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.321,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83983,
    "c": 0.16388,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4DC59

secondary

#593B9E

accent

#18CD50

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4DC59

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

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