#B5E261#B5E261

#B5E261 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.164 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5E261
RGB	rgb(181, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(81, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(81, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.52, -33.99, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.52, 66.52, 120.73°)
OKLab	oklab(85.49% -0.0962 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(85.49% 0.164 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.4101, 65.0790, 21.3180)
Luminance	0.6508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5E261 #8E61E2

analogous

#E2CE61 #B5E261 #74E261

triadic

#B5E261 #61B5E2 #E261B5

tetradic

#B5E261 #61E2CE #8E61E2 #E26174

square

#B5E261 #61E2CE #8E61E2 #E26174

split-complementary

#B5E261 #6174E2 #CE61E2

monochromatic

#79A91F #9DD92D #B5E261 #CDEB95 #E5F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#B5E261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#B5E261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5E261

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5E261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5E261	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCD8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5e261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.164 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceeb92',
    500: '#b5e261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5e261;
$custom-light: #ceeb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5e261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.93,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85491,
    "c": 0.16446,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5E261

secondary

#633CAB

accent

#15D156

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5E261

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

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