#B8E459#B8E459

#B8E459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.172 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8E459
RGB	rgb(184, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(79, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(79, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.20, -34.43, 61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.20, 70.42, 119.27°)
OKLab	oklab(86.06% -0.0983 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(86.06% 0.172 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.3140, 66.3980, 19.6673)
Luminance	0.6640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8E459 #8559E4

analogous

#E4CB59 #B8E459 #72E459

triadic

#B8E459 #59B8E4 #E459B8

tetradic

#B8E459 #59E4CB #8559E4 #E45972

square

#B8E459 #59E4CB #8559E4 #E45972

split-complementary

#B8E459 #5972E4 #CB59E4

monochromatic

#7BA71B #A1DB24 #B8E459 #CFED8E #E5F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#B8E459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#B8E459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8E459

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8E459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8E459	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0DAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8e459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.172 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ec8d',
    500: '#b8e459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8e459;
$custom-light: #d0ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8e459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.993,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86061,
    "c": 0.17229,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8E459

secondary

#5C38A9

accent

#11D44F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8E459

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

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