#B5C240#B5C240

#B5C240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.151 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C240
RGB	rgb(181, 194, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -21.18, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 64.60, 109.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0636 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.151 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2743, 48.7782, 12.1957)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C240 #4D40C2

analogous

#C28E40 #B5C240 #74C240

triadic

#B5C240 #40B5C2 #C240B5

tetradic

#B5C240 #40C28E #4D40C2 #C24074

square

#B5C240 #40C28E #4D40C2 #C24074

split-complementary

#B5C240 #4074C2 #8E40C2

monochromatic

#606721 #8B9530 #B5C240 #C7D16E #D9E09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B5C240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#B5C240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C240

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C240	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 194, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.151 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced47c',
    500: '#b5c240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c240;
$custom-light: #ced47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7799,
    "c": 0.15132,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C240

secondary

#9892CC

accent

#4DDB5B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C240

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

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