#B4E159#B4E159

#B4E159 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.170 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4E159
RGB	rgb(180, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(80, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(80, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.11, -34.58, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.11, 69.38, 119.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.12% -0.0985 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(85.12% 0.17 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5509, 64.2745, 19.3503)
Luminance	0.6428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4E159 #8659E1

analogous

#E1CA59 #B4E159 #70E159

triadic

#B4E159 #59B4E1 #E159B4

tetradic

#B4E159 #59E1CA #8659E1 #E15970

square

#B4E159 #59E1CA #8659E1 #E15970

split-complementary

#B4E159 #5970E1 #CA59E1

monochromatic

#76A21D #9CD627 #B4E159 #CBEA8D #E3F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#B4E159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#B4E159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4E159

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4E159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4E159	1.00	1.52	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBD7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4e159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.170 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdea8d',
    500: '#b4e159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4e159;
$custom-light: #cdea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4e159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.853,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85116,
    "c": 0.17024,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4E159

secondary

#5D39A5

accent

#14D153

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4E159

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

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