#B8E456#B8E456

#B8E456 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.175 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8E456
RGB	rgb(184, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(79, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(79, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.17, -34.66, 62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.17, 71.59, 118.95°)
OKLab	oklab(86.03% -0.0992 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(86.03% 0.175 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1905, 66.3486, 19.0173)
Luminance	0.6635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8E456 #8256E4

analogous

#E4C956 #B8E456 #71E456

triadic

#B8E456 #56B8E4 #E456B8

tetradic

#B8E456 #56E4C9 #8256E4 #E45671

square

#B8E456 #56E4C9 #8256E4 #E45671

split-complementary

#B8E456 #5671E4 #C956E4

monochromatic

#7AA51A #A1DA23 #B8E456 #CEEC8B #E4F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#B8E456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#B8E456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8E456

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8E456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8E456	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0DAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8e456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.175 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ec8b',
    500: '#b8e456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8e456;
$custom-light: #d0ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8e456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.592,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86032,
    "c": 0.17462,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8E456

secondary

#5A37A7

accent

#11D54E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8E456

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

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