#B8E859#B8E859

#B8E859 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.177 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8E859
RGB	rgb(184, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(80, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(80, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.32, -36.25, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.32, 72.38, 120.06°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.1034 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.177 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.4271, 68.6242, 20.0384)
Luminance	0.6863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8E859 #8959E8

analogous

#E8D059 #B8E859 #70E859

triadic

#B8E859 #59B8E8 #E859B8

tetradic

#B8E859 #59E8D0 #8959E8 #E85970

square

#B8E859 #59E8D0 #8959E8 #E85970

split-complementary

#B8E859 #5970E8 #D059E8

monochromatic

#7CAE18 #A1E123 #B8E859 #CFEF8F #E6F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#B8E859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#B8E859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8E859

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8E859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8E859	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFDECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8e859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.177 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ef8e',
    500: '#b8e859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8e859;
$custom-light: #d0ef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8e859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.14,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86964,
    "c": 0.17732,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8E859

secondary

#5F36AF

accent

#0ED852

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8E859

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

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