#B5C038#B5C038

#B5C038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.154 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C038
RGB	rgb(181, 192, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -20.63, 63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 66.70, 108.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.0629 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.154 114)
XYZ	xyz(38.6206, 47.8093, 10.9343)
Luminance	0.4781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C038 #4338C0

analogous

#C08738 #B5C038 #71C038

triadic

#B5C038 #38B5C0 #C038B5

tetradic

#B5C038 #38C087 #4338C0 #C03871

square

#B5C038 #38C087 #4338C0 #C03871

split-complementary

#B5C038 #3871C0 #8738C0

monochromatic

#5C611C #88912A #B5C038 #C9D264 #D9DF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B5C038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#B5C038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C038

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C038	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 192, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.154 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd278',
    500: '#b5c038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c038;
$custom-light: #cfd278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.853,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77485,
    "c": 0.15441,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.47809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C038

secondary

#8F89CB

accent

#4ADE56

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C038

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

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