#B5C231#B5C231

#B5C231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.161 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C231
RGB	rgb(181, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(65, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -21.95, 66.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 69.86, 108.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0672 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.161 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9033, 48.6298, 10.2423)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C231 #3E31C2

analogous

#C28631 #B5C231 #6DC231

triadic

#B5C231 #31B5C2 #C231B5

tetradic

#B5C231 #31C286 #3E31C2 #C2316D

square

#B5C231 #31C286 #3E31C2 #C2316D

split-complementary

#B5C231 #316DC2 #8631C2

monochromatic

#5A6018 #879125 #B5C231 #CAD65B #DAE28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B5C231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#B5C231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C231

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C231	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B80E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.161 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd474',
    500: '#b5c231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c231;
$custom-light: #cfd474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.379,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77886,
    "c": 0.16066,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C231

secondary

#8983CC

accent

#45E353

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C231

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

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