#B6E456#B6E456

#B6E456 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.175 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6E456
RGB	rgb(182, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(79, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(79, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.05, -35.42, 62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.05, 71.81, 119.55°)
OKLab	oklab(85.9% -0.1012 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(85.9% 0.175 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7147, 66.1032, 18.9950)
Luminance	0.6610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6E456 #8456E4

analogous

#E4CB56 #B6E456 #6FE456

triadic

#B6E456 #56B6E4 #E456B6

tetradic

#B6E456 #56E4CB #8456E4 #E4566F

square

#B6E456 #56E4CB #8456E4 #E4566F

split-complementary

#B6E456 #566FE4 #CB56E4

monochromatic

#78A51A #9FDA23 #B6E456 #CDEC8B #E4F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#B6E456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#B6E456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6E456

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6E456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6E456	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDDAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6e456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.175 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfec8b',
    500: '#b6e456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6e456;
$custom-light: #cfec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6e456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.437,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85899,
    "c": 0.17548,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6E456

secondary

#5B37A7

accent

#11D550

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6E456

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

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