#B6E357#B6E357

#B6E357 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.173 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6E357
RGB	rgb(182, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(79, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(79, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.78, -34.89, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.78, 70.93, 119.46°)
OKLab	oklab(85.68% -0.0997 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(85.68% 0.173 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4810, 65.5709, 19.1173)
Luminance	0.6557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6E357 #8457E3

analogous

#E3CA57 #B6E357 #70E357

triadic

#B6E357 #57B6E3 #E357B6

tetradic

#B6E357 #57E3CA #8457E3 #E35770

square

#B6E357 #57E3CA #8457E3 #E35770

split-complementary

#B6E357 #5770E3 #CA57E3

monochromatic

#78A41B #9FD924 #B6E357 #CDEC8B #E4F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#B6E357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#B6E357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6E357

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6E357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6E357	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDD9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6e357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.173 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfec8c',
    500: '#b6e357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6e357;
$custom-light: #cfec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6e357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.286,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85682,
    "c": 0.17346,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6E357

secondary

#5B38A7

accent

#12D350

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6E357

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

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