#B5E596#B5E596

#B5E596 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.116 H 133.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5E596
RGB	rgb(181, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(96, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(96, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.04, -29.37, 33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.04, 44.65, 131.13°)
OKLab	oklab(86.93% -0.0801 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(86.93% 0.116 133.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.5792, 68.0632, 39.2156)
Luminance	0.6806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5E596 #C696E5

analogous

#DCE596 #B5E596 #96E59F

triadic

#B5E596 #96B5E5 #E596B5

tetradic

#B5E596 #96DCE5 #C696E5 #E59F96

square

#B5E596 #96DCE5 #C696E5 #E59F96

split-complementary

#B5E596 #9F96E5 #E596DC

monochromatic

#70CD34 #92D965 #B5E596 #D8F1C7 #EEF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#B5E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#B5E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5E596

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5E596	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDA91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D69A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6DFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.116 133.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccedb5',
    500: '#b5e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5e596;
$custom-light: #ccedb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.456,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86931,
    "c": 0.11585,
    "h": 133.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5E596

secondary

#9A61BF

accent

#1EC885

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FBFEF8

border

#D4D6D1

text

#131611

muted

#838581

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5E596

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

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