#B4E16C#B4E16C
#B4E16C is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.154 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B4E16C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(180, 225, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(83, 66%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(83, 52%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(20%, 0%, 52%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.30, -32.88, 51.93) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.30, 61.47, 122.34°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.33% -0.0922 0.123) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.33% 0.154 126.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.4542, 64.6358, 24.1076) |
| Luminance | 0.6464 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pale Olive Green
#B1D27B
ΔE00 5.10
Pistachio (survey)
#C0FA8B
ΔE00 5.83
Light Yellow Green
#CCFD7F
ΔE00 6.03
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 6.14
Light Pea Green
#C4FE82
ΔE00 6.18
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 6.28
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B4E16C #996CE1
analogous
#E1D46C #B4E16C #79E16C
triadic
#B4E16C #6CB4E1 #E16CB4
tetradic
#B4E16C #6CE1D4 #996CE1 #E16C79
square
#B4E16C #6CE1D4 #996CE1 #E16C79
split-complementary
#B4E16C #6C79E1 #D46CE1
monochromatic
#79AF24 #9AD739 #B4E16C #CEEB9F #E8F6D2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.51
#B4E16C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.93
#B4E16C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B4E16C
13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B4E16C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B4E16C | 1.00 | 1.51 | 13.93 | 13.93 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.51 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.93 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.93 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EBD461
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D273
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BAD8C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b4e16c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 225, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.154 126.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cdea99',
500: '#b4e16c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b4e16c; $custom-light: #cdea99; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b4e16c",
"rgb": {
"r": 180,
"g": 225,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 83.077,
"s": 66.102,
"l": 65.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85327,
"c": 0.15372,
"h": 126.8
},
"luminance": 0.64636
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B4E16C
secondary
#6C41B0
accent
#18CE5E
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FBFDF5
border
#D4D5CF
text
#14160E
muted
#83847F