#B8E856#B8E856

#B8E856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.180 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8E856
RGB	rgb(184, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(80, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(80, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.29, -36.48, 63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.29, 73.53, 119.74°)
OKLab	oklab(86.94% -0.1043 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(86.94% 0.18 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.3037, 68.5749, 19.3884)
Luminance	0.6857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8E856 #8656E8

analogous

#E8CF56 #B8E856 #6FE856

triadic

#B8E856 #56B8E8 #E856B8

tetradic

#B8E856 #56E8CF #8656E8 #E8566F

square

#B8E856 #56E8CF #8656E8 #E8566F

split-complementary

#B8E856 #566FE8 #CF56E8

monochromatic

#7BAC17 #A1E120 #B8E856 #CFEF8C #E5F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#B8E856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#B8E856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8E856

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8E856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8E856	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFDECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8e856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.180 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ef8c',
    500: '#b8e856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8e856;
$custom-light: #d0ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8e856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.726,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86937,
    "c": 0.17959,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8E856

secondary

#5C35AD

accent

#0DD850

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8E856

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

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