#B4E256#B4E256

#B4E256 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.174 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4E256
RGB	rgb(180, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(80, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(80, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.36, -35.27, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.36, 71.06, 119.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.31% -0.1007 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(85.31% 0.174 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6986, 64.7674, 18.7907)
Luminance	0.6477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4E256 #8456E2

analogous

#E2CA56 #B4E256 #6EE256

triadic

#B4E256 #56B4E2 #E256B4

tetradic

#B4E256 #56E2CA #8456E2 #E2566E

square

#B4E256 #56E2CA #8456E2 #E2566E

split-complementary

#B4E256 #566EE2 #CA56E2

monochromatic

#76A21C #9CD625 #B4E256 #CBEB8A #E2F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#B4E256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#B4E256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4E256

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4E256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4E256	1.00	1.50	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.50	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)

#EED445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBD8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4e256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.174 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdeb8b',
    500: '#b4e256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4e256;
$custom-light: #cdeb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4e256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.714,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85314,
    "c": 0.17385,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4E256

secondary

#5B38A5

accent

#13D352

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4E256

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

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