#B5C449#B5C449

#B5C449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.147 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C449
RGB	rgb(181, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(67, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -21.59, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 61.92, 110.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.0639 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.147 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9995, 49.7852, 13.8044)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C449 #5849C4

analogous

#C49549 #B5C449 #77C449

triadic

#B5C449 #49B5C4 #C449B5

tetradic

#B5C449 #49C495 #5849C4 #C44977

square

#B5C449 #49C495 #5849C4 #C44977

split-complementary

#B5C449 #4977C4 #9549C4

monochromatic

#666F24 #909D33 #B5C449 #C8D377 #DBE2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B5C449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#B5C449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C449

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C449	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.147 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced581',
    500: '#b5c449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c449;
$custom-light: #ced581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.317,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78513,
    "c": 0.14693,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C449

secondary

#A09ACF

accent

#4DDB5F

background

#FDFDF8

surface

#FAFAEF

border

#D3D3CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C449

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

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