#B4E599#B4E599

#B4E599 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.113 H 134.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4E599
RGB	rgb(180, 229, 153)
HSL	hsl(99, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(99, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 0%, 33.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.03, -29.29, 32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.03, 43.44, 132.40°)
OKLab	oklab(86.92% -0.0798 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(86.92% 0.113 134.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5902, 68.0406, 40.4932)
Luminance	0.6804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4E599 #CA99E5

analogous

#DAE599 #B4E599 #99E5A4

triadic

#B4E599 #99B4E5 #E599B4

tetradic

#B4E599 #99DAE5 #CA99E5 #E5A499

square

#B4E599 #99DAE5 #CA99E5 #E5A499

split-complementary

#B4E599 #A499E5 #E599DA

monochromatic

#6CCC37 #90D968 #B4E599 #D8F1CA #EDF9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#B4E599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#B4E599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4E599

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4E599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4E599	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D69D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4DFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4e599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 229, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.113 134.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbedb7',
    500: '#b4e599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4e599;
$custom-light: #cbedb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4e599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.684,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86923,
    "c": 0.11309,
    "h": 134.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4E599

secondary

#9E63BF

accent

#1EC78B

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FAFEF8

border

#D3D6D1

text

#131611

muted

#838581

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4E599

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

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