#B5C142#B5C142

#B5C142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.149 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C142
RGB	rgb(181, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -20.56, 59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 63.40, 108.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0617 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.149 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1104, 48.3577, 12.4269)
Luminance	0.4836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C142 #4E42C1

analogous

#C18D42 #B5C142 #75C142

triadic

#B5C142 #42B5C1 #C142B5

tetradic

#B5C142 #42C18D #4E42C1 #C14275

square

#B5C142 #42C18D #4E42C1 #C14275

split-complementary

#B5C142 #4275C1 #8D42C1

monochromatic

#606722 #8B9531 #B5C142 #C7D070 #D9DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B5C142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#B5C142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C142

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C142	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.149 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced37d',
    500: '#b5c142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c142;
$custom-light: #ced37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.669,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77784,
    "c": 0.14877,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C142

secondary

#9993CC

accent

#4EDA5B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C142

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

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