#B5C642#B5C642

#B5C642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.154 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C642
RGB	rgb(181, 198, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, -23.02, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 65.57, 110.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.0686 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.154 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2344, 50.6058, 12.8016)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C642 #5342C6

analogous

#C69542 #B5C642 #73C642

triadic

#B5C642 #42B5C6 #C642B5

tetradic

#B5C642 #42C695 #5342C6 #C64273

square

#B5C642 #42C695 #5342C6 #C64273

split-complementary

#B5C642 #4273C6 #9542C6

monochromatic

#636D21 #8E9C2F #B5C642 #C7D471 #DAE2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B5C642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#B5C642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C642

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C642	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 198, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.154 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced77e',
    500: '#b5c642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c642;
$custom-light: #ced77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.727,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78898,
    "c": 0.15445,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C642

secondary

#3E3676

accent

#4BDD5E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C642

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

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