#B4E457#B4E457

#B4E457 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.176 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4E457
RGB	rgb(180, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(80, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(80, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.93, -36.10, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.93, 71.65, 120.25°)
OKLab	oklab(85.78% -0.1029 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(85.78% 0.176 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.2862, 65.8776, 19.1867)
Luminance	0.6588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4E457 #8757E4

analogous

#E4CE57 #B4E457 #6DE457

triadic

#B4E457 #57B4E4 #E457B4

tetradic

#B4E457 #57E4CE #8757E4 #E4576D

square

#B4E457 #57E4CE #8757E4 #E4576D

split-complementary

#B4E457 #576DE4 #CE57E4

monochromatic

#77A61B #9CDB23 #B4E457 #CCEC8C #E3F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#B4E457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#B4E457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4E457

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4E457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4E457	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBDAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4e457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.176 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceec8c',
    500: '#b4e457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4e457;
$custom-light: #ceec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4e457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.426,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85777,
    "c": 0.1756,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4E457

secondary

#5E37A8

accent

#11D454

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4E457

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

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