#B5E457#B5E457

#B5E457 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.175 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5E457
RGB	rgb(181, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(80, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(80, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.00, -35.72, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.00, 71.54, 119.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.84% -0.1019 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(85.84% 0.175 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.5199, 65.9981, 19.1977)
Luminance	0.6600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5E457 #8657E4

analogous

#E4CD57 #B5E457 #6FE457

triadic

#B5E457 #57B5E4 #E457B5

tetradic

#B5E457 #57E4CD #8657E4 #E4576F

square

#B5E457 #57E4CD #8657E4 #E4576F

split-complementary

#B5E457 #576FE4 #CD57E4

monochromatic

#78A61B #9DDB23 #B5E457 #CCEC8C #E3F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#B5E457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#B5E457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5E457

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5E457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5E457	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)

#F0D646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCDAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5e457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.175 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceec8c',
    500: '#b5e457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5e457;
$custom-light: #ceec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5e457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85843,
    "c": 0.17515,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5E457

secondary

#5D37A8

accent

#11D452

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5E457

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

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