#B5D579#B5D579

#B5D579 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.124 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5D579
RGB	rgb(181, 213, 121)
HSL	hsl(81, 52%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(81, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 0%, 43.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, -25.45, 41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 49.03, 121.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.0705 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.124 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3013, 58.7924, 26.9942)
Luminance	0.5879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5D579 #9979D5

analogous

#D5C779 #B5D579 #87D579

triadic

#B5D579 #79B5D5 #D579B5

tetradic

#B5D579 #79D5C7 #9979D5 #D57987

square

#B5D579 #79D5C7 #9979D5 #D57987

split-complementary

#B5D579 #7987D5 #C779D5

monochromatic

#7BA132 #9BC64A #B5D579 #CFE4A8 #E8F2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#B5D579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#B5D579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5D579

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5D579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5D579	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECB72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBCDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5d579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 213, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.124 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cce2a1',
    500: '#b5d579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5d579;
$custom-light: #cce2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5d579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.87,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82886,
    "c": 0.1237,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5D579

secondary

#6C4DA5

accent

#26C05B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#13150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5D579

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

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