#B4E459#B4E459

#B4E459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.174 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4E459
RGB	rgb(180, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(81, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(81, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.95, -35.94, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.95, 70.87, 120.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% -0.1023 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.174 126)
XYZ	xyz(48.3691, 65.9107, 19.6230)
Luminance	0.6591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4E459 #8959E4

analogous

#E4CE59 #B4E459 #6FE459

triadic

#B4E459 #59B4E4 #E459B4

tetradic

#B4E459 #59E4CE #8959E4 #E4596F

square

#B4E459 #59E4CE #8959E4 #E4596F

split-complementary

#B4E459 #596FE4 #CE59E4

monochromatic

#77A71B #9CDB24 #B4E459 #CCED8E #E4F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#B4E459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#B4E459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4E459

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4E459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4E459	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)

#EFD649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBDAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4e459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.174 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdec8d',
    500: '#b4e459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4e459;
$custom-light: #cdec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4e459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.719,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85796,
    "c": 0.17403,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.65911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4E459

secondary

#5F38A9

accent

#11D455

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4E459

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

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