#B5C235#B5C235

#B5C235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.158 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C235
RGB	rgb(181, 194, 53)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 72.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -21.77, 65.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 68.55, 108.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0663 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.158 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9915, 48.6651, 10.7067)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C235 #4235C2

analogous

#C28835 #B5C235 #6EC235

triadic

#B5C235 #35B5C2 #C235B5

tetradic

#B5C235 #35C288 #4235C2 #C2356E

square

#B5C235 #35C288 #4235C2 #C2356E

split-complementary

#B5C235 #356EC2 #8835C2

monochromatic

#5B621B #889228 #B5C235 #C9D460 #D9E191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B5C235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#B5C235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C235

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C235	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)

#D0B819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 194, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.158 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd476',
    500: '#b5c235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c235;
$custom-light: #cfd476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.532,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77911,
    "c": 0.1584,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C235

secondary

#8E87CC

accent

#47E056

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C235

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

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