#B5C042#B5C042

#B5C042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.148 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C042
RGB	rgb(181, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -20.07, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 62.97, 108.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.0603 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.148 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8901, 47.9171, 12.3534)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C042 #4D42C0

analogous

#C08C42 #B5C042 #76C042

triadic

#B5C042 #42B5C0 #C042B5

tetradic

#B5C042 #42C08C #4D42C0 #C04276

square

#B5C042 #42C08C #4D42C0 #C04276

split-complementary

#B5C042 #4276C0 #8C42C0

monochromatic

#606622 #8B9431 #B5C042 #C7CF70 #D9DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B5C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#B5C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C042

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C042	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	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)

#CEB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.148 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced27d',
    500: '#b5c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c042;
$custom-light: #ced27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.238,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77562,
    "c": 0.14765,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C042

secondary

#9893CB

accent

#4EDA5A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C042

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

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