#B4E462#B4E462

#B4E462 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.167 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4E462
RGB	rgb(180, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(82, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(82, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.03, -35.20, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.03, 67.25, 121.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.89% -0.0994 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(85.89% 0.167 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7704, 66.0713, 21.7365)
Luminance	0.6607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 5.78

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4E462 #9262E4

analogous

#E4D362 #B4E462 #73E462

triadic

#B4E462 #62B4E4 #E462B4

tetradic

#B4E462 #62E4D3 #9262E4 #E46273

square

#B4E462 #62E4D3 #9262E4 #E46273

split-complementary

#B4E462 #6273E4 #D362E4

monochromatic

#79AE1E #9BDB2E #B4E462 #CDED96 #E6F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#B4E462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#B4E462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4E462

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4E462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4E462	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D46B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BADAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4e462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.167 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdec93',
    500: '#b4e462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4e462;
$custom-light: #cdec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4e462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.154,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85889,
    "c": 0.16665,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4E462

secondary

#663BAF

accent

#13D35A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4E462

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

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