#B5E955#B5E955

#B5E955 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.183 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5E955
RGB	rgb(181, 233, 85)
HSL	hsl(81, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(81, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 0%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.38, -38.13, 64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.38, 74.75, 120.67°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.1087 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.183 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.8348, 68.7567, 19.2384)
Luminance	0.6876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5E955 #8955E9

analogous

#E9D355 #B5E955 #6BE955

triadic

#B5E955 #55B5E9 #E955B5

tetradic

#B5E955 #55E9D3 #8955E9 #E9556B

square

#B5E955 #55E9D3 #8955E9 #E9556B

split-complementary

#B5E955 #556BE9 #D355E9

monochromatic

#78AD16 #9DE21F #B5E955 #CDF08B #E4F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#B5E955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#B5E955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5E955

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5E955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5E955	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCDFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5e955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 233, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.183 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cff08b',
    500: '#b5e955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5e955;
$custom-light: #cff08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5e955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.081,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8696,
    "c": 0.18292,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5E955

secondary

#5F34AE

accent

#0CD954

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5E955

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

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