#B8D159#B8D159

#B8D159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.148 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8D159
RGB	rgb(184, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(73, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -25.51, 55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 61.12, 114.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0735 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.148 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3714, 56.5127, 18.0198)
Luminance	0.5651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8D159 #7259D1

analogous

#D1AE59 #B8D159 #7CD159

triadic

#B8D159 #59B8D1 #D159B8

tetradic

#B8D159 #59D1AE #7259D1 #D1597C

square

#B8D159 #59D1AE #7259D1 #D1597C

split-complementary

#B8D159 #597CD1 #AE59D1

monochromatic

#758926 #9DB933 #B8D159 #CCDE89 #E1ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#B8D159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#B8D159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8D159

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8D159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8D159	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8d159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.148 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0df8c',
    500: '#b8d159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8d159;
$custom-light: #d0df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8d159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81796,
    "c": 0.14842,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8D159

secondary

#4F3E90

accent

#48E068

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8D159

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →