#B4E259#B4E259

#B4E259 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.172 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4E259
RGB	rgb(180, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(80, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(80, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.39, -35.03, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.39, 69.88, 120.09°)
OKLab	oklab(85.34% -0.0998 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(85.34% 0.172 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8221, 64.8167, 19.4407)
Luminance	0.6482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4E259 #8759E2

analogous

#E2CC59 #B4E259 #70E259

triadic

#B4E259 #59B4E2 #E259B4

tetradic

#B4E259 #59E2CC #8759E2 #E25970

square

#B4E259 #59E2CC #8759E2 #E25970

split-complementary

#B4E259 #5970E2 #CC59E2

monochromatic

#77A41D #9CD826 #B4E259 #CCEB8D #E3F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#B4E259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#B4E259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4E259

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4E259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4E259	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)

#EDD449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBD8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4e259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.172 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdeb8d',
    500: '#b4e259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4e259;
$custom-light: #cdeb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4e259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.146,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85342,
    "c": 0.1715,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4E259

secondary

#5E39A6

accent

#13D253

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4E259

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

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