#B5E356#B5E356

#B5E356 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.175 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5E356
RGB	rgb(181, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(80, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(80, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.71, -35.34, 62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.71, 71.44, 119.65°)
OKLab	oklab(85.61% -0.1009 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(85.61% 0.175 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.2050, 65.4333, 18.8926)
Luminance	0.6543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5E356 #8456E3

analogous

#E3CA56 #B5E356 #6FE356

triadic

#B5E356 #56B5E3 #E356B5

tetradic

#B5E356 #56E3CA #8456E3 #E3566F

square

#B5E356 #56E3CA #8456E3 #E3566F

split-complementary

#B5E356 #566FE3 #CA56E3

monochromatic

#77A41B #9DD824 #B5E356 #CCEC8B #E3F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#B5E356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#B5E356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5E356

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5E356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5E356	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCD9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5e356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.175 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceec8b',
    500: '#b5e356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5e356;
$custom-light: #ceec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5e356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.574,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85607,
    "c": 0.17467,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5E356

secondary

#5B37A6

accent

#12D451

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5E356

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

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