#B5C42E#B5C42E

#B5C42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.164 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C42E
RGB	rgb(181, 196, 46)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, -23.06, 67.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 71.58, 108.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0705 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.164 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2902, 49.5015, 10.0692)
Luminance	0.4950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C42E #3D2EC4

analogous

#C4882E #B5C42E #6AC42E

triadic

#B5C42E #2EB5C4 #C42EB5

tetradic

#B5C42E #2EC488 #3D2EC4 #C42E6A

square

#B5C42E #2EC488 #3D2EC4 #C42E6A

split-complementary

#B5C42E #2E6AC4 #882EC4

monochromatic

#596117 #879222 #B5C42E #CBD858 #DAE389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B5C42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#B5C42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C42E

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C42E	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 196, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.164 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd573',
    500: '#b5c42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c42e;
$custom-light: #cfd573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78316,
    "c": 0.16437,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C42E

secondary

#8881CD

accent

#43E553

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAED

border

#D3D3C8

text

#141409

muted

#83837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C42E

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

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