#B8E357#B8E357

#B8E357 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.173 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8E357
RGB	rgb(184, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(78, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(78, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.90, -34.12, 61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.90, 70.71, 118.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0977 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.173 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.9568, 65.8162, 19.1396)
Luminance	0.6582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8E357 #8257E3

analogous

#E3C857 #B8E357 #72E357

triadic

#B8E357 #57B8E3 #E357B8

tetradic

#B8E357 #57E3C8 #8257E3 #E35772

square

#B8E357 #57E3C8 #8257E3 #E35772

split-complementary

#B8E357 #5772E3 #C857E3

monochromatic

#7AA41B #A1D924 #B8E357 #CEEC8B #E4F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#B8E357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#B8E357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8E357

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8E357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8E357	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0D9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8e357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.173 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ec8c',
    500: '#b8e357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8e357;
$custom-light: #d0ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8e357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.429,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85816,
    "c": 0.1726,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8E357

secondary

#5A38A7

accent

#12D34D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8E357

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

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