#B5C233#B5C233

#B5C233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.160 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C233
RGB	rgb(181, 194, 51)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 73.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -21.86, 65.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 69.21, 108.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0667 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.16 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9465, 48.6471, 10.4695)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C233 #4033C2

analogous

#C28833 #B5C233 #6DC233

triadic

#B5C233 #33B5C2 #C233B5

tetradic

#B5C233 #33C288 #4033C2 #C2336D

square

#B5C233 #33C288 #4033C2 #C2336D

split-complementary

#B5C233 #336DC2 #8833C2

monochromatic

#5B611A #889226 #B5C233 #CAD55E #DAE18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B5C233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#B5C233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C233

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C233	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)

#D0B814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 194, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.160 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd475',
    500: '#b5c233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c233;
$custom-light: #cfd475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77898,
    "c": 0.15954,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C233

secondary

#8B85CC

accent

#46E254

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C233

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

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