#B5E857#B5E857

#B5E857 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.180 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5E857
RGB	rgb(181, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(81, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(81, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 0%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.12, -37.53, 63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.12, 73.50, 120.70°)
OKLab	oklab(86.75% -0.1069 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(86.75% 0.18 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.6330, 68.2244, 19.5687)
Luminance	0.6823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5E857 #8A57E8

analogous

#E8D257 #B5E857 #6DE857

triadic

#B5E857 #57B5E8 #E857B5

tetradic

#B5E857 #57E8D2 #8A57E8 #E8576D

square

#B5E857 #57E8D2 #8A57E8 #E8576D

split-complementary

#B5E857 #576DE8 #D257E8

monochromatic

#78AD18 #9DE121 #B5E857 #CDEF8D #E4F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#B5E857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#B5E857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5E857

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5E857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5E857	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCDECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5e857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.180 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceef8c',
    500: '#b5e857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5e857;
$custom-light: #ceef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5e857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.103,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86751,
    "c": 0.18018,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5E857

secondary

#6035AE

accent

#0DD855

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5E857

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

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