#B5C239#B5C239

#B5C239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.156 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C239
RGB	rgb(181, 194, 57)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 70.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -21.57, 63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 67.17, 108.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0654 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.156 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0874, 48.7034, 11.2117)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C239 #4639C2

analogous

#C28A39 #B5C239 #71C239

triadic

#B5C239 #39B5C2 #C239B5

tetradic

#B5C239 #39C28A #4639C2 #C23971

square

#B5C239 #39C28A #4639C2 #C23971

split-complementary

#B5C239 #3971C2 #8A39C2

monochromatic

#5D631D #89932B #B5C239 #C8D266 #D9E095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B5C239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#B5C239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C239

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C239	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)

#D0B821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 194, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.156 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd478',
    500: '#b5c239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c239;
$custom-light: #cfd478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.693,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77938,
    "c": 0.15597,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C239

secondary

#928BCB

accent

#4ADE58

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C239

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

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