#B1CD42#B1CD42

#B1CD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.164 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1CD42
RGB	rgb(177, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(72, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(72, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -28.03, 63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 68.97, 113.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0823 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.164 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9468, 53.4033, 13.3039)
Luminance	0.5340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1CD42 #5E42CD

analogous

#CDA342 #B1CD42 #6BCD42

triadic

#B1CD42 #42B1CD #CD42B1

tetradic

#B1CD42 #42CDA3 #5E42CD #CD426B

square

#B1CD42 #42CDA3 #5E42CD #CD426B

split-complementary

#B1CD42 #426BCD #A342CD

monochromatic

#64761F #8DA62C #B1CD42 #C5DA72 #D9E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B1CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#B1CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1CD42

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1CD42	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.164 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbdc7e',
    500: '#b1cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1cd42;
$custom-light: #cbdc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.086,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80172,
    "c": 0.16401,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1CD42

secondary

#44357E

accent

#46E166

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1CD42

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

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