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#b2d52b

a balanced, vivid green · warm · closest name: Yellow Green

Token name suggestion: Atlas Moss

RGB
178, 213, 43
HSL
72°, 67%, 50%
CMYK
16, 0, 80, 17
Luminance
0.5723

#b2d52b is a balanced vivid green, 72° on the wheel and 35/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.45:1). As text it scores 1.69:1 on white — use #687C19 instead. Nearest name is Yellow Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(72 67% 50%)rgb(178 213 43)Base step 600AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #b2d52b is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#b2d52b
Hue
72°
green
Saturation
67%
vivid
Lightness
50%
balanced
Brightness
84%
HSV value
Perceived
75%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5723
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
35/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
12.45:1
Closest name
Yellow Green
ΔE2000 4.4
Chroma
79.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.819
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 6.9
Web-safe
#99CC33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue72° of 360°
Saturation67%
Lightness50%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #b2d52b.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool35% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red17%
Green83%
Blue0%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#b2d52b
HEX (8-digit)#b2d52bff
RGBrgb(178, 213, 43)
RGBArgba(178, 213, 43, 1)
HSLhsl(72, 67%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(72, 80%, 84%)
HWBhwb(72 17% 16%)
CMYKcmyk(16%, 0%, 80%, 17%)
LABlab(80.3 -32.5 72.7)
LCHlch(80.3 79.6 114.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.819 0.185 121.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(42.59, 57.23, 11.09)
Decimal11719979
Display P3color(display-p3 0.698 0.835 0.169)
Web-safe#99CC33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #b2d52b;
background-color: #b2d52b;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #b2d52b;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#b2d52b] bg-[#b2d52b]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #b2d52b;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.698, green: 0.835, blue: 0.169)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.698, green: 0.835, blue: 0.169, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#B2D52B</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFB2D52B)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFB2D52B)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(43, 213, 178)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(178, 213, 43)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(178, 213, 43)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 178, 213, 43)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6980f, 0.8353f, 0.1686f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{178,213,43}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #b2d52b 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #b2d52b 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#596A15, #E8EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #b2d52b h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FAFBF3;
  --brand-100: #F4F8E8;
  --brand-200: #E9F1CA;
  --brand-300: #DDECA1;
  --brand-400: #CCE373;
  --brand-500: #BBDA44;
  --brand-600: #b2d52b;
  --brand-700: #8EAA22;
  --brand-800: #72881B;
  --brand-900: #536318;
  --brand-950: #343E0F;
  --brand: #b2d52b;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-border: #E3EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #99B824;
  --brand-pressed: #819A1F;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #212414;
    --brand-ink: #E8EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAFBF3',
        100: '#F4F8E8',
        200: '#E9F1CA',
        300: '#DDECA1',
        400: '#CCE373',
        500: '#BBDA44',
        600: '#b2d52b',
        700: '#8EAA22',
        800: '#72881B',
        900: '#536318',
        950: '#343E0F',
        DEFAULT: '#b2d52b',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAFBF3,
  '100': #F4F8E8,
  '200': #E9F1CA,
  '300': #DDECA1,
  '400': #CCE373,
  '500': #BBDA44,
  '600': #b2d52b,
  '700': #8EAA22,
  '800': #72881B,
  '900': #536318,
  '950': #343E0F,
);
$brand-base: #b2d52b;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAFBF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4F8E8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E9F1CA", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DDECA1", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#CCE373", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#BBDA44", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#b2d52b", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#8EAA22", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#72881B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#536318", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#343E0F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #b2d52b · 12.45:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.69:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.45:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #b2d52b as text scores 1.69:1 on white and 12.45:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #596A15 at 3.56:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#687C19 · 4.68:1
AA on white−21% L
#687C19
The quick fox
#4F5E13 · 7.14:1
AAA on white−28% L
#4F5E13
The quick fox
#b2d52b · 12.45:1
AA on blackalready passes
#b2d52b
The quick fox
#b2d52b · 12.45:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#b2d52b

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #849E1F is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#b2d52b on white: 1.69:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#b2d52b on black: 12.45:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #b2d52b as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #b2d52b.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.69:1AaAa
Slate 501.61:1AaAa
Slate 1001.54:1AaAa
Slate 2001.37:1AaAa
Slate 3001.14:1AaAa
Slate 4001.52:1AaAa
Slate 5002.82:1AaAa
Slate 6004.49:1AaAa
Slate 7006.14:1AaAa
Slate 8008.67:1AaAa
Slate 90010.58:1AaAa
Black12.45:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E2C800
deuteranopia · #DEC73D
tritanopia · #BCCAB6

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #b2d52b is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAFBF3
#F4F8E8
#E9F1CA
#DDECA1
#CCE373
#BBDA44
#b2d52b
#8EAA22
#72881B
#536318
#343E0F
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #FAFBF3Darkest = 950 · #343E0FText step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.046 121.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.074 121.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.111 121.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.145 121.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.171 121.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.185 121.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.185 121.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.174 121.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.156 121.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.130 121.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.102 121.3);
}

Colors that work with #b2d52b

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F9FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#E3EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8A9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#262EDA
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#596A15
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F7FBEA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#212414
Dark-mode background
Hover#99B824
One step down in lightness
Pressed#819A1F
Two steps down
Disabled#C1C8A9
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#BFE430
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #b2d52b

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #596A15
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #849E1F

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight50/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#4E2BD5
Analogous left#D5A32B
Analogous right#5DD52B
Split-complement 1#2B5DD5
Split-complement 2#A32BD5
Triadic 1#2BB2D5
Triadic 2#D52BB2
Tetradic#2BD5A3
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°72°

#b2d52b sits at 72°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red69.8%
Green83.5%
Blue16.9%
R · 0–255
178
0xb2
G · 0–255
213
0xd5
B · 0–255
43
0x2b

CMYK percentages

Cyan16.4%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow79.8%
Key (black)16.5%

Total ink coverage is 113%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#b2d52b text on a black background

contrast 12.45:1

Card sample

#b2d52b text on a white background

contrast 1.69:1

Card sample

#b2d52b on grey

1.54:1

#b2d52b on its own surface

1.61:1

#b2d52b on its dark surface

9.38:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #b2d52b;
Background color
Panel with #b2d52b background
background-color: #b2d52b;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #b2d52b;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(178, 213, 43, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(178, 213, 43, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #b2d52b;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b2d52b, #41D52B);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b2d52b, #2BD540);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #b2d52b;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #b2d52b;
caret-color: #b2d52b;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #b2d52b;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F7FBEA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #b2d52b;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#b2d52b 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #b2d52b over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(178, 213, 43, 0.5)
rgb(178 213 43 / 50%)
#b2d52b80
hsl(72 67% 50% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #b2d52b 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#b2d52b1a#F7FBEA
20%#b2d52b33#F0F7D5
40%#b2d52b66#E0EEAA
60%#b2d52b99#D1E680
80%#b2d52bcc#C1DD55

Gradients from #b2d52b

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #C4DF5E, #b2d52b 45%, #596A15);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #b2d52b, #2CBC25);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b2d52b, #4E2BD5);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #CEE478 0%, #b2d52b 45%, #596A15 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #DDAA56 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #64DA45 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #596A15 0%, transparent 65%), #b2d52b;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #b2d52b

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#b2d52b in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 12.45:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#b2d52b, answered

What color is #b2d52b?

#b2d52b is a balanced vivid green, closest to Yellow Green (ΔE2000 4.4). It sits at 72° on the hue wheel with 67% saturation and 50% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #b2d52b?

rgb(178, 213, 43) — 178 red, 213 green and 43 blue out of 255, or 69.8% / 83.5% / 16.9% by channel.

What is #b2d52b in HSL and HSV?

hsl(72, 67%, 50%) and hsv(72, 80%, 84%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #b2d52b a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5723 and perceived brightness is 75%, so black text on it reaches 12.45:1.

Should I use black or white text on #b2d52b?

Black. It scores 12.45:1 against #b2d52b, versus 1.69:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #b2d52b accessible on a white background?

#b2d52b on white scores 1.69:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #687C19 to reach 4.5:1, or #4F5E13 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #b2d52b?

#4E2BD5 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #2B5DD5 and #A32BD5, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #b2d52b?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #E3EDC0 for borders, #8A9B4B for secondary text, #262EDA as an accent and #596A15 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D5A32B and #5DD52B stays calm, while #4E2BD5 is the loudest partner.

What is #b2d52b in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(16%, 0%, 80%, 17%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #b2d52b warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 35 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D5BA2B; nudged cooler, #73D829.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #b2d52b?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 6.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #b2d52b as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #b2d52b in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#b2d52b] or text-[#b2d52b], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #b2d52b with 50% opacity?

rgba(178, 213, 43, 0.5), or #b2d52b80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D9EA95; over black, #596B16.

Is #b2d52b a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC33, ΔE2000 4.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #b2d52b mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #b2d52b?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C4DF5E, #b2d52b 45%, #596A15). For more colour, a short hue run to #2CBC25 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #b2d52b in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #b2d52b at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.