#B5E861#B5E861

#B5E861 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.172 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5E861
RGB	rgb(181, 232, 97)
HSL	hsl(83, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(83, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 0%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.21, -36.73, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.21, 69.57, 121.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.85% -0.1038 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(86.85% 0.172 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.0703, 68.3993, 21.8714)
Luminance	0.6840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 5.10

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5E861 #9461E8

analogous

#E8D861 #B5E861 #71E861

triadic

#B5E861 #61B5E8 #E861B5

tetradic

#B5E861 #61E8D8 #9461E8 #E86171

square

#B5E861 #61E8D8 #9461E8 #E86171

split-complementary

#B5E861 #6171E8 #D861E8

monochromatic

#7AB41A #9CE02C #B5E861 #CEF096 #E7F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#B5E861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#B5E861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5E861

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5E861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5E861	1.00	1.43	14.68	14.68
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD76A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBDECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5e861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 232, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.172 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceef92',
    500: '#b5e861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5e861;
$custom-light: #ceef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5e861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.667,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86849,
    "c": 0.17224,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5E861

secondary

#6739B5

accent

#0FD75A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5E861

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

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