#B5E759#B5E759

#B5E759 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.177 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5E759
RGB	rgb(181, 231, 89)
HSL	hsl(81, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(81, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 0%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.85, -36.93, 62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.85, 72.24, 120.74°)
OKLab	oklab(86.54% -0.1051 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(86.54% 0.177 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.4352, 67.6962, 19.9115)
Luminance	0.6770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5E759 #8B59E7

analogous

#E7D259 #B5E759 #6EE759

triadic

#B5E759 #59B5E7 #E759B5

tetradic

#B5E759 #59E7D2 #8B59E7 #E7596E

square

#B5E759 #59E7D2 #8B59E7 #E7596E

split-complementary

#B5E759 #596EE7 #D259E7

monochromatic

#79AD19 #9DDF24 #B5E759 #CDEF8E #E5F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#B5E759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#B5E759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5E759

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5E759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5E759	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCDDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5e759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 231, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.177 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceee8d',
    500: '#b5e759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5e759;
$custom-light: #ceee8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5e759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.127,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86542,
    "c": 0.17739,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5E759

secondary

#6036AE

accent

#0FD755

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5E759

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

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