#B8E255#B8E255

#B8E255 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.173 H 124.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8E255
RGB	rgb(184, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(78, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(78, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.61, -33.81, 62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.61, 71.01, 118.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.097 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.173 124.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6035, 65.2386, 18.6243)
Luminance	0.6524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8E255 #7F55E2

analogous

#E2C555 #B8E255 #71E255

triadic

#B8E255 #55B8E2 #E255B8

tetradic

#B8E255 #55E2C5 #7F55E2 #E25571

square

#B8E255 #55E2C5 #7F55E2 #E25571

split-complementary

#B8E255 #5571E2 #C555E2

monochromatic

#79A11B #A1D524 #B8E255 #CEEB89 #E4F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#B8E255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#B8E255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8E255

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8E255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8E255	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8e255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.173 124.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0eb8b',
    500: '#b8e255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8e255;
$custom-light: #d0eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8e255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.872,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85572,
    "c": 0.1729,
    "h": 124.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8E255

secondary

#5837A4

accent

#13D34C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8E255

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

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