#B5E456#B5E456

#B5E456 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.176 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5E456
RGB	rgb(181, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(80, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(80, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -35.80, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 71.93, 119.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.83% -0.1022 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(85.83% 0.176 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.4793, 65.9819, 18.9840)
Luminance	0.6598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5E456 #8556E4

analogous

#E4CC56 #B5E456 #6EE456

triadic

#B5E456 #56B5E4 #E456B5

tetradic

#B5E456 #56E4CC #8556E4 #E4566E

square

#B5E456 #56E4CC #8556E4 #E4566E

split-complementary

#B5E456 #566EE4 #CC56E4

monochromatic

#77A51A #9DDA23 #B5E456 #CCEC8B #E3F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#B5E456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#B5E456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5E456

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5E456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5E456	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCDAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5e456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.176 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceec8b',
    500: '#b5e456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5e456;
$custom-light: #ceec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5e456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.859,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85833,
    "c": 0.17593,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5E456

secondary

#5C37A7

accent

#11D552

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5E456

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

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