#B6E459#B6E459

#B6E459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.173 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6E459
RGB	rgb(182, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(80, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(80, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.07, -35.19, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.07, 70.64, 119.88°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.1003 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.173 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.8381, 66.1526, 19.6450)
Luminance	0.6615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6E459 #8759E4

analogous

#E4CD59 #B6E459 #71E459

triadic

#B6E459 #59B6E4 #E459B6

tetradic

#B6E459 #59E4CD #8759E4 #E45971

square

#B6E459 #59E4CD #8759E4 #E45971

split-complementary

#B6E459 #5971E4 #CD59E4

monochromatic

#79A71B #9FDB24 #B6E459 #CDED8E #E4F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#B6E459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#B6E459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6E459

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6E459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6E459	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDDAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6e459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.173 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfec8d',
    500: '#b6e459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6e459;
$custom-light: #cfec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6e459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.856,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85928,
    "c": 0.17315,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6E459

secondary

#5D38A9

accent

#11D452

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6E459

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

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