#B5E555#B5E555

#B5E555 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.178 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5E555
RGB	rgb(181, 229, 85)
HSL	hsl(80, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(80, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 0%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.26, -36.32, 63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.26, 72.80, 119.93°)
OKLab	oklab(86.05% -0.1038 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(86.05% 0.178 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7152, 66.5177, 18.8652)
Luminance	0.6652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5E555 #8555E5

analogous

#E5CD55 #B5E555 #6DE555

triadic

#B5E555 #55B5E5 #E555B5

tetradic

#B5E555 #55E5CD #8555E5 #E5556D

square

#B5E555 #55E5CD #8555E5 #E5556D

split-complementary

#B5E555 #556DE5 #CD55E5

monochromatic

#77A619 #9DDB22 #B5E555 #CCED8A #E3F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#B5E555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#B5E555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5E555

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5E555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5E555	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCDBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5e555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 229, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.178 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceed8b',
    500: '#b5e555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5e555;
$custom-light: #ceed8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5e555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86051,
    "c": 0.17793,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5E555

secondary

#5C36A8

accent

#10D652

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5E555

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

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