#B4E242#B4E242

#B4E242 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.188 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4E242
RGB	rgb(180, 226, 66)
HSL	hsl(77, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(77, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 0%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.22, -36.59, 69.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.22, 78.29, 117.86°)
OKLab	oklab(85.15% -0.106 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(85.15% 0.188 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0025, 64.4889, 15.1245)
Luminance	0.6449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4E242 #7042E2

analogous

#E2C042 #B4E242 #64E242

triadic

#B4E242 #42B4E2 #E242B4

tetradic

#B4E242 #42E2C0 #7042E2 #E24264

square

#B4E242 #42E2C0 #7042E2 #E24264

split-complementary

#B4E242 #4264E2 #C042E2

monochromatic

#6F9317 #97C81F #B4E242 #C9EA77 #DEF2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#B4E242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#B4E242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4E242

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4E242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4E242	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCD7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4e242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 226, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.188 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceeb80',
    500: '#b4e242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4e242;
$custom-light: #ceeb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4e242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.25,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85151,
    "c": 0.18766,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4E242

secondary

#4E3198

accent

#38F06D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFDF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14160B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4E242

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

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