#B5C040#B5C040

#B5C040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.149 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C040
RGB	rgb(181, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -20.19, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 63.74, 108.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0609 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.149 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8321, 47.8939, 12.0483)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C040 #4B40C0

analogous

#C08B40 #B5C040 #75C040

triadic

#B5C040 #40B5C0 #C040B5

tetradic

#B5C040 #40C08B #4B40C0 #C04075

square

#B5C040 #40C08B #4B40C0 #C04075

split-complementary

#B5C040 #4075C0 #8B40C0

monochromatic

#5F6421 #8A9230 #B5C040 #C7CF6E #D9DE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B5C040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#B5C040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C040

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C040	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.149 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced27c',
    500: '#b5c040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c040;
$custom-light: #ced27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.156,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77545,
    "c": 0.14908,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C040

secondary

#9691CB

accent

#4EDA5A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C040

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

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