#B5CE99#B5CE99

#B5CE99 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.077 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CE99
RGB	rgb(181, 206, 153)
HSL	hsl(88, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(88, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 25.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -17.74, 23.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 29.57, 126.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0477 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.077 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8763, 56.2659, 38.5216)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CE99 #B299CE

analogous

#CECC99 #B5CE99 #9ACE99

triadic

#B5CE99 #99B5CE #CE99B5

tetradic

#B5CE99 #99CECC #B299CE #CE999A

square

#B5CE99 #99CECC #B299CE #CE999A

split-complementary

#B5CE99 #999ACE #CC99CE

monochromatic

#79A04D #97BA70 #B5CE99 #D3E2C2 #F0F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#B5CE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#B5CE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CE99

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CE99	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ce99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 206, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.077 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbddb7',
    500: '#b5ce99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ce99;
$custom-light: #cbddb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ce99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.302,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81923,
    "c": 0.07658,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CE99

secondary

#8468A3

accent

#38AE6F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FAFCF8

border

#D3D5D1

text

#131511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CE99

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

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