#B5E161#B5E161

#B5E161 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.163 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5E161
RGB	rgb(181, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(81, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(81, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 0%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.24, -33.53, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.24, 66.02, 120.53°)
OKLab	oklab(85.27% -0.095 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(85.27% 0.163 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1390, 64.5367, 21.2276)
Luminance	0.6454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5E161 #8D61E1

analogous

#E1CD61 #B5E161 #75E161

triadic

#B5E161 #61B5E1 #E161B5

tetradic

#B5E161 #61E1CD #8D61E1 #E16175

square

#B5E161 #61E1CD #8D61E1 #E16175

split-complementary

#B5E161 #6175E1 #CD61E1

monochromatic

#79A820 #9DD72E #B5E161 #CDEB94 #E5F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#B5E161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#B5E161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5E161

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5E161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5E161	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCD7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5e161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.163 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceea92',
    500: '#b5e161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5e161;
$custom-light: #ceea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5e161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.625,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85265,
    "c": 0.16315,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5E161

secondary

#623CAA

accent

#15D056

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5E161

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

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