#B4E456#B4E456

#B4E456 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.176 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4E456
RGB	rgb(180, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(80, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(80, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.93, -36.17, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.93, 72.04, 120.14°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% -0.1032 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.176 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.2456, 65.8614, 18.9730)
Luminance	0.6586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4E456 #8656E4

analogous

#E4CD56 #B4E456 #6DE456

triadic

#B4E456 #56B4E4 #E456B4

tetradic

#B4E456 #56E4CD #8656E4 #E4566D

square

#B4E456 #56E4CD #8656E4 #E4566D

split-complementary

#B4E456 #566DE4 #CD56E4

monochromatic

#76A51A #9CDA23 #B4E456 #CBEC8B #E3F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#B4E456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#B4E456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4E456

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4E456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4E456	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBDAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4e456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.176 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceec8b',
    500: '#b4e456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4e456;
$custom-light: #ceec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4e456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.282,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85768,
    "c": 0.17637,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4E456

secondary

#5D37A7

accent

#11D553

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4E456

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

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