#B5CD97#B5CD97

#B5CD97 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.077 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CD97
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 151)
HSL	hsl(87, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(87, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 26.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -17.54, 24.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 29.96, 125.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0471 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.077 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4725, 55.7204, 37.5790)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CD97 #AF97CD

analogous

#CDCA97 #B5CD97 #9ACD97

triadic

#B5CD97 #97B5CD #CD97B5

tetradic

#B5CD97 #97CDCA #AF97CD #CD979A

square

#B5CD97 #97CDCA #AF97CD #CD979A

split-complementary

#B5CD97 #979ACD #CA97CD

monochromatic

#799E4C #98B96E #B5CD97 #D2E1C0 #F0F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#B5CD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#B5CD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CD97

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CD97	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C694

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.077 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbdcb6',
    500: '#b5cd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cd97;
$custom-light: #cbdcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.667,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81663,
    "c": 0.07741,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CD97

secondary

#8166A2

accent

#38AE6C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FAFCF8

border

#D3D5D1

text

#131511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CD97

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

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