#B5C438#B5C438

#B5C438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.159 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C438
RGB	rgb(181, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, -22.60, 64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 68.35, 109.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.0684 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.159 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5108, 49.5898, 11.2310)
Luminance	0.4959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C438 #4738C4

analogous

#C48D38 #B5C438 #6FC438

triadic

#B5C438 #38B5C4 #C438B5

tetradic

#B5C438 #38C48D #4738C4 #C4386F

square

#B5C438 #38C48D #4738C4 #C4386F

split-complementary

#B5C438 #386FC4 #8D38C4

monochromatic

#5D651D #89942A #B5C438 #C8D366 #D9E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B5C438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#B5C438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C438

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C438	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.159 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd578',
    500: '#b5c438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c438;
$custom-light: #cfd578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78377,
    "c": 0.15879,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C438

secondary

#938CCC

accent

#49DF59

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAEE

border

#D3D3C9

text

#141409

muted

#83837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C438

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

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