#B5C162#B5C162

#B5C162 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.121 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C162
RGB	rgb(181, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(68, 43%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 49%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 49.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -18.05, 46.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 49.44, 111.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0514 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.121 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3312, 48.8460, 18.8565)
Luminance	0.4885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C162 #6E62C1

analogous

#C19E62 #B5C162 #86C162

triadic

#B5C162 #62B5C1 #C162B5

tetradic

#B5C162 #62C19E #6E62C1 #C16286

square

#B5C162 #62C19E #6E62C1 #C16286

split-complementary

#B5C162 #6286C1 #9E62C1

monochromatic

#707930 #98A541 #B5C162 #CAD28E #DEE4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B5C162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#B5C162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C162

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C162	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.121 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd391',
    500: '#b5c162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c162;
$custom-light: #cdd391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.579,
    "s": 43.379,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78127,
    "c": 0.12079,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C162

secondary

#B1ACD3

accent

#55D365

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F1

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C162

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

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