#B5D856#B5D856

#B5D856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.161 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5D856
RGB	rgb(181, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(76, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(76, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 0%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, -30.26, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 66.05, 117.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% -0.0868 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.161 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2920, 59.6072, 17.9215)
Luminance	0.5961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5D856 #7956D8

analogous

#D8BA56 #B5D856 #74D856

triadic

#B5D856 #56B5D8 #D856B5

tetradic

#B5D856 #56D8BA #7956D8 #D85674

square

#B5D856 #56D8BA #7956D8 #D85674

split-complementary

#B5D856 #5674D8 #BA56D8

monochromatic

#749222 #9BC42D #B5D856 #CBE388 #E1EFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#B5D856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#B5D856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5D856

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5D856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5D856	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDCEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5d856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.161 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cee48b',
    500: '#b5d856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5d856;
$custom-light: #cee48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5d856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.154,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83119,
    "c": 0.16085,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5D856

secondary

#543B97

accent

#42E66E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5D856

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

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