#B5C138#B5C138

#B5C138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.155 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C138
RGB	rgb(181, 193, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -21.13, 63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 67.11, 108.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0643 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.156 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8409, 48.2499, 11.0077)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C138 #4438C1

analogous

#C18938 #B5C138 #71C138

triadic

#B5C138 #38B5C1 #C138B5

tetradic

#B5C138 #38C189 #4438C1 #C13871

square

#B5C138 #38C189 #4438C1 #C13871

split-complementary

#B5C138 #3871C1 #8938C1

monochromatic

#5C621C #89922A #B5C138 #C8D264 #D9E094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B5C138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#B5C138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C138

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C138	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 193, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.155 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd378',
    500: '#b5c138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c138;
$custom-light: #cfd378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.255,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77708,
    "c": 0.1555,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C138

secondary

#908ACB

accent

#49DE56

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C138

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

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