#B5C222#B5C222

#B5C222 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.168 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C222
RGB	rgb(181, 194, 34)
HSL	hsl(65, 70%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 82%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 82.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -22.51, 70.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 74.05, 107.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0698 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.168 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6378, 48.5236, 8.8437)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C222 #2F22C2

analogous

#C27F22 #B5C222 #65C222

triadic

#B5C222 #22B5C2 #C222B5

tetradic

#B5C222 #22C27F #2F22C2 #C22265

square

#B5C222 #22C27F #2F22C2 #C22265

split-complementary

#B5C222 #2265C2 #7F22C2

monochromatic

#545A10 #848E19 #B5C222 #D1DE43 #DEE777

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B5C222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#B5C222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C222

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C222	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BA33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 194, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.168 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd46e',
    500: '#b5c222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c222;
$custom-light: #cfd46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.875,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77812,
    "c": 0.16761,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C222

secondary

#7971CF

accent

#3BED49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C222

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

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