#B4E659#B4E659

#B4E659 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.177 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4E659
RGB	rgb(180, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(81, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(81, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.51, -36.85, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.51, 71.86, 120.85°)
OKLab	oklab(86.25% -0.1048 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(86.25% 0.177 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9224, 67.0175, 19.8075)
Luminance	0.6702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4E659 #8B59E6

analogous

#E6D259 #B4E659 #6DE659

triadic

#B4E659 #59B4E6 #E659B4

tetradic

#B4E659 #59E6D2 #8B59E6 #E6596D

square

#B4E659 #59E6D2 #8B59E6 #E6596D

split-complementary

#B4E659 #596DE6 #D259E6

monochromatic

#77AB1A #9CDE24 #B4E659 #CCEE8E #E4F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#B4E659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#B4E659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4E659

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4E659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4E659	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBDCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4e659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.177 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceee8d',
    500: '#b4e659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4e659;
$custom-light: #ceee8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4e659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.277,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86251,
    "c": 0.17657,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4E659

secondary

#6137AC

accent

#10D656

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4E659

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

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