#B5E556#B5E556

#B5E556 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.177 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5E556
RGB	rgb(181, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(80, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(80, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 0%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.27, -36.25, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.27, 72.42, 120.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.06% -0.1035 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(86.06% 0.177 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7552, 66.5337, 19.0760)
Luminance	0.6653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5E556 #8656E5

analogous

#E5CE56 #B5E556 #6EE556

triadic

#B5E556 #56B5E5 #E556B5

tetradic

#B5E556 #56E5CE #8656E5 #E5566E

square

#B5E556 #56E5CE #8656E5 #E5566E

split-complementary

#B5E556 #566EE5 #CE56E5

monochromatic

#78A71A #9DDC22 #B5E556 #CCED8B #E3F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#B5E556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#B5E556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5E556

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5E556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5E556	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCDBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5e556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.177 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceed8c',
    500: '#b5e556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5e556;
$custom-light: #ceed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5e556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.14,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8606,
    "c": 0.17718,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5E556

secondary

#5D36A9

accent

#10D552

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5E556

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

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