#B5C856#B5C856

#B5C856 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.141 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C856
RGB	rgb(181, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(70, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(70, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -22.58, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 58.29, 112.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0654 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.141 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3907, 51.8046, 16.6211)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C856 #6956C8

analogous

#C8A256 #B5C856 #7CC856

triadic

#B5C856 #56B5C8 #C856B5

tetradic

#B5C856 #56C8A2 #6956C8 #C8567C

square

#B5C856 #56C8A2 #6956C8 #C8567C

split-complementary

#B5C856 #567CC8 #A256C8

monochromatic

#6E7B28 #97AA37 #B5C856 #C9D784 #DDE6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B5C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#B5C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C856

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C856	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.141 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd88a',
    500: '#b5c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c856;
$custom-light: #cdd88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79533,
    "c": 0.14089,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C856

secondary

#4A3F84

accent

#4DDA65

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C856

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

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