#B5C22D#B5C22D

#B5C22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.163 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C22D
RGB	rgb(181, 194, 45)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 76.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -22.12, 67.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 71.09, 108.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.068 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.163 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8226, 48.5975, 9.8173)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C22D #3A2DC2

analogous

#C2852D #B5C22D #6BC22D

triadic

#B5C22D #2DB5C2 #C22DB5

tetradic

#B5C22D #2DC285 #3A2DC2 #C22D6B

square

#B5C22D #2DC285 #3A2DC2 #C22D6B

split-complementary

#B5C22D #2D6BC2 #852DC2

monochromatic

#585F16 #879021 #B5C22D #CCD755 #DBE386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B5C22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#B5C22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C22D

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C22D	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 194, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.163 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd473',
    500: '#b5c22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c22d;
$custom-light: #cfd473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.235,
    "s": 62.343,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77864,
    "c": 0.16274,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C22D

secondary

#857ECD

accent

#42E551

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C22D

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

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