#B4E979#B4E979

#B4E979 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.152 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4E979
RGB	rgb(180, 233, 121)
HSL	hsl(88, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(88, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.68, -35.20, 48.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.68, 60.10, 125.86°)
OKLab	oklab(87.3% -0.0977 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(87.3% 0.152 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4119, 69.3606, 28.7647)
Luminance	0.6936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 4.58

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4E979 #AE79E9

analogous

#E9E679 #B4E979 #7CE979

triadic

#B4E979 #79B4E9 #E979B4

tetradic

#B4E979 #79E9E6 #AE79E9 #E9797C

square

#B4E979 #79E9E6 #AE79E9 #E9797C

split-complementary

#B4E979 #797CE9 #E679E9

monochromatic

#78C721 #97E044 #B4E979 #D1F2AE #EFFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#B4E979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#B4E979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4E979

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4E979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4E979	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7E1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4e979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 233, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.152 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccf0a2',
    500: '#b4e979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4e979;
$custom-light: #ccf0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4e979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.393,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87302,
    "c": 0.15232,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4E979

secondary

#8045C1

accent

#12D46E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF5

border

#D4D6CF

text

#14160F

muted

#838580

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4E979

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

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