#B5C238#B5C238

#B5C238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.157 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C238
RGB	rgb(181, 194, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -21.62, 63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 67.52, 108.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0656 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.157 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0627, 48.6935, 11.0816)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C238 #4538C2

analogous

#C28A38 #B5C238 #70C238

triadic

#B5C238 #38B5C2 #C238B5

tetradic

#B5C238 #38C28A #4538C2 #C23870

square

#B5C238 #38C28A #4538C2 #C23870

split-complementary

#B5C238 #3870C2 #8A38C2

monochromatic

#5C631D #89932A #B5C238 #C8D265 #D9E094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B5C238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#B5C238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C238

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C238	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B81F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 194, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.157 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd478',
    500: '#b5c238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c238;
$custom-light: #cfd478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.652,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77931,
    "c": 0.15659,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C238

secondary

#918ACB

accent

#49DF57

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C238

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

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