#B5E856#B5E856

#B5E856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.181 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5E856
RGB	rgb(181, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(81, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(81, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.11, -37.60, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.11, 73.88, 120.59°)
OKLab	oklab(86.74% -0.1072 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(86.74% 0.181 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.5925, 68.2081, 19.3550)
Luminance	0.6821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5E856 #8956E8

analogous

#E8D256 #B5E856 #6CE856

triadic

#B5E856 #56B5E8 #E856B5

tetradic

#B5E856 #56E8D2 #8956E8 #E8566C

square

#B5E856 #56E8D2 #8956E8 #E8566C

split-complementary

#B5E856 #566CE8 #D256E8

monochromatic

#78AC17 #9DE120 #B5E856 #CDEF8C #E4F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#B5E856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#B5E856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5E856

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5E856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5E856	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCDECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5e856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.181 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceef8c',
    500: '#b5e856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5e856;
$custom-light: #ceef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5e856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.959,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86742,
    "c": 0.18093,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5E856

secondary

#5F35AD

accent

#0DD854

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5E856

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

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