#B4E257#B4E257

#B4E257 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.173 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4E257
RGB	rgb(180, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(80, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(80, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 0%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.37, -35.19, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.37, 70.67, 119.86°)
OKLab	oklab(85.32% -0.1004 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(85.32% 0.173 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7392, 64.7836, 19.0044)
Luminance	0.6478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4E257 #8557E2

analogous

#E2CB57 #B4E257 #6FE257

triadic

#B4E257 #57B4E2 #E257B4

tetradic

#B4E257 #57E2CB #8557E2 #E2576F

square

#B4E257 #57E2CB #8557E2 #E2576F

split-complementary

#B4E257 #576FE2 #CB57E2

monochromatic

#76A31C #9CD725 #B4E257 #CBEB8B #E3F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#B4E257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#B4E257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4E257

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4E257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4E257	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBD8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4e257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.173 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdeb8c',
    500: '#b4e257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4e257;
$custom-light: #cdeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4e257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.856,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85323,
    "c": 0.17308,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4E257

secondary

#5C38A5

accent

#13D352

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4E257

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

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