#B8E359#B8E359

#B8E359 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.171 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8E359
RGB	rgb(184, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(79, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(79, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.92, -33.97, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.92, 69.93, 119.07°)
OKLab	oklab(85.84% -0.0971 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(85.84% 0.171 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.0397, 65.8494, 19.5759)
Luminance	0.6585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8E359 #8459E3

analogous

#E3C959 #B8E359 #73E359

triadic

#B8E359 #59B8E3 #E359B8

tetradic

#B8E359 #59E3C9 #8459E3 #E35973

square

#B8E359 #59E3C9 #8459E3 #E35973

split-complementary

#B8E359 #5973E3 #C959E3

monochromatic

#7BA61C #A2DA25 #B8E359 #CEEC8D #E5F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#B8E359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#B8E359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8E359

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8E359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8E359	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0D9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8e359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.171 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ec8d',
    500: '#b8e359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8e359;
$custom-light: #d0ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8e359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.696,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85835,
    "c": 0.17103,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8E359

secondary

#5B38A8

accent

#12D34E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8E359

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

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