#B5E357#B5E357

#B5E357 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.174 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5E357
RGB	rgb(181, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(80, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(80, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.71, -35.27, 61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.71, 71.05, 119.76°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.1006 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.174 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.2456, 65.4495, 19.1062)
Luminance	0.6545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5E357 #8557E3

analogous

#E3CB57 #B5E357 #6FE357

triadic

#B5E357 #57B5E3 #E357B5

tetradic

#B5E357 #57E3CB #8557E3 #E3576F

square

#B5E357 #57E3CB #8557E3 #E3576F

split-complementary

#B5E357 #576FE3 #CB57E3

monochromatic

#77A41B #9DD924 #B5E357 #CCEC8B #E3F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#B5E357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#B5E357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5E357

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5E357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5E357	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)

#EFD546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCD9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5e357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.174 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceec8c',
    500: '#b5e357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5e357;
$custom-light: #ceec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5e357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.714,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85616,
    "c": 0.1739,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5E357

secondary

#5C38A7

accent

#12D352

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5E357

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

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