#B5C338#B5C338

#B5C338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.158 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C338
RGB	rgb(181, 195, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -22.11, 64.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 67.94, 108.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.067 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.158 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2860, 49.1402, 11.1561)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C338 #4638C3

analogous

#C38C38 #B5C338 #70C338

triadic

#B5C338 #38B5C3 #C338B5

tetradic

#B5C338 #38C38C #4638C3 #C33870

square

#B5C338 #38C38C #4638C3 #C33870

split-complementary

#B5C338 #3870C3 #8C38C3

monochromatic

#5D641D #89932A #B5C338 #C8D365 #D9E195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B5C338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#B5C338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C338

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C338	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 195, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.158 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd578',
    500: '#b5c338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c338;
$custom-light: #cfd578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.043,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78154,
    "c": 0.15768,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C338

secondary

#928BCC

accent

#49DF58

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAEE

border

#D3D3C9

text

#141409

muted

#83837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C338

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

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