#B5E255#B5E255

#B5E255 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.174 H 125.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5E255
RGB	rgb(181, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(79, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(79, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 0%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.42, -34.96, 62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.42, 71.33, 119.35°)
OKLab	oklab(85.37% -0.1 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(85.37% 0.174 125)
XYZ	xyz(47.8923, 64.8719, 18.5909)
Luminance	0.6487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5E255 #8255E2

analogous

#E2C855 #B5E255 #6EE255

triadic

#B5E255 #55B5E2 #E255B5

tetradic

#B5E255 #55E2C8 #8255E2 #E2556E

square

#B5E255 #55E2C8 #8255E2 #E2556E

split-complementary

#B5E255 #556EE2 #C855E2

monochromatic

#76A11B #9DD524 #B5E255 #CCEB89 #E3F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#B5E255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#B5E255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5E255

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5E255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5E255	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCD8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5e255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.174 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceeb8b',
    500: '#b5e255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5e255;
$custom-light: #ceeb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5e255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.149,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85371,
    "c": 0.17419,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.64872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5E255

secondary

#5A37A4

accent

#13D350

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5E255

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

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