#B4E255#B4E255

#B4E255 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.175 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4E255
RGB	rgb(180, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(80, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(80, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 0%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.36, -35.34, 62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.36, 71.45, 119.65°)
OKLab	oklab(85.3% -0.101 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(85.3% 0.175 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6586, 64.7514, 18.5800)
Luminance	0.6475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4E255 #8355E2

analogous

#E2C955 #B4E255 #6DE255

triadic

#B4E255 #55B4E2 #E255B4

tetradic

#B4E255 #55E2C9 #8355E2 #E2556D

square

#B4E255 #55E2C9 #8355E2 #E2556D

split-complementary

#B4E255 #556DE2 #C955E2

monochromatic

#76A11B #9CD524 #B4E255 #CBEB89 #E2F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#B4E255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#B4E255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4E255

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4E255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4E255	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBD8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4e255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.175 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceeb8b',
    500: '#b4e255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4e255;
$custom-light: #ceeb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4e255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.574,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85304,
    "c": 0.17463,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4E255

secondary

#5B37A4

accent

#13D351

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4E255

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

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