#B5C439#B5C439
#B5C439 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.158 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B5C439 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(181, 196, 57) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 55%, 50%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 71%, 77%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 70.9%, 23.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.82, -22.55, 64.16) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.82, 68.01, 109.36°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.38% -0.0681 0.1427) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.38% 0.158 115.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.5355, 49.5996, 11.3611) |
| Luminance | 0.4960 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 2.87
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 2.92
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.15
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.20
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 3.88
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.88
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B5C439 #4839C4
analogous
#C48E39 #B5C439 #6FC439
triadic
#B5C439 #39B5C4 #C439B5
tetradic
#B5C439 #39C48E #4839C4 #C4396F
square
#B5C439 #39C48E #4839C4 #C4396F
split-complementary
#B5C439 #396FC4 #8E39C4
monochromatic
#5D651D #89952B #B5C439 #C7D367 #D9E197
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.92
#B5C439 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.92
#B5C439 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B5C439
10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B5C439 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B5C439 | 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)
#D2BA20
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1BC44
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C1B9A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b5c439; /* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 196, 57); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.158 115.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cfd579',
500: '#b5c439',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b5c439; $custom-light: #cfd579; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b5c439",
"rgb": {
"r": 181,
"g": 196,
"b": 57
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.475,
"s": 54.941,
"l": 49.608
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78384,
"c": 0.15817,
"h": 115.5
},
"luminance": 0.49599
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B5C439
secondary
#938DCC
accent
#4ADE5A
background
#FDFDF7
surface
#FAFAEE
border
#D3D3C9
text
#14140A
muted
#83837C