#B5C242#B5C242

#B5C242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.150 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C242
RGB	rgb(181, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -21.06, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 63.83, 109.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0631 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.15 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3322, 48.8013, 12.5008)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C242 #4F42C2

analogous

#C28F42 #B5C242 #75C242

triadic

#B5C242 #42B5C2 #C242B5

tetradic

#B5C242 #42C28F #4F42C2 #C24275

square

#B5C242 #42C28F #4F42C2 #C24275

split-complementary

#B5C242 #4275C2 #8F42C2

monochromatic

#616822 #8C9631 #B5C242 #C7D170 #D9E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B5C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#B5C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C242

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C242	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)

#CFB930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.150 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced47d',
    500: '#b5c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c242;
$custom-light: #ced47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.094,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78006,
    "c": 0.1499,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C242

secondary

#9994CC

accent

#4DDB5C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C242

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

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