#B6E559#B6E559

#B6E559 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.174 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6E559
RGB	rgb(182, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(80, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(80, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -35.64, 61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 71.13, 120.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86.15% -0.1016 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(86.15% 0.174 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1140, 66.7044, 19.7370)
Luminance	0.6671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6E559 #8859E5

analogous

#E5CE59 #B6E559 #70E559

triadic

#B6E559 #59B6E5 #E559B6

tetradic

#B6E559 #59E5CE #8859E5 #E55970

square

#B6E559 #59E5CE #8859E5 #E55970

split-complementary

#B6E559 #5970E5 #CE59E5

monochromatic

#79A91A #9FDD24 #B6E559 #CDED8E #E5F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#B6E559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#B6E559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6E559

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6E559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6E559	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDDBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6e559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.174 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfed8d',
    500: '#b6e559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6e559;
$custom-light: #cfed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6e559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.143,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86154,
    "c": 0.17441,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6E559

secondary

#5E37AB

accent

#10D552

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6E559

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

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