#B8E042#B8E042

#B8E042 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.184 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8E042
RGB	rgb(184, 224, 66)
HSL	hsl(75, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(75, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.91, -34.13, 68.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.91, 76.97, 116.32°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.0995 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.184 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.4068, 63.8948, 14.9886)
Luminance	0.6390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8E042 #6A42E0

analogous

#E0B942 #B8E042 #69E042

triadic

#B8E042 #42B8E0 #E042B8

tetradic

#B8E042 #42E0B9 #6A42E0 #E04269

square

#B8E042 #42E0B9 #6A42E0 #E04269

split-complementary

#B8E042 #4269E0 #B942E0

monochromatic

#729018 #9BC520 #B8E042 #CCE977 #E0F1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#B8E042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#B8E042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8E042

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8E042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8E042	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1D5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8e042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 224, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.184 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e980',
    500: '#b8e042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8e042;
$custom-light: #d1e980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8e042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.19,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84966,
    "c": 0.18357,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8E042

secondary

#4B3195

accent

#39EF67

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFDF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14160B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8E042

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

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