#B5C549#B5C549

#B5C549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.148 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C549
RGB	rgb(181, 197, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 0%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -22.08, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 62.37, 110.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0653 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.148 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2258, 50.2378, 13.8798)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C549 #5949C5

analogous

#C59749 #B5C549 #77C549

triadic

#B5C549 #49B5C5 #C549B5

tetradic

#B5C549 #49C597 #5949C5 #C54977

square

#B5C549 #49C597 #5949C5 #C54977

split-complementary

#B5C549 #4977C5 #9749C5

monochromatic

#667024 #909E32 #B5C549 #C8D477 #DBE3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B5C549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#B5C549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C549

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C549	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 197, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.148 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced681',
    500: '#b5c549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c549;
$custom-light: #ced681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.742,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78735,
    "c": 0.1481,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C549

secondary

#413979

accent

#4DDB5F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C549

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

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