#B5C72A#B5C72A

#B5C72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.170 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C72A
RGB	rgb(181, 199, 42)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(67, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 78.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -24.68, 69.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 73.93, 109.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0752 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.17 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8985, 50.8384, 9.9010)
Luminance	0.5084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C72A #3C2AC7

analogous

#C78B2A #B5C72A #67C72A

triadic

#B5C72A #2AB5C7 #C72AB5

tetradic

#B5C72A #2AC78B #3C2AC7 #C72A67

square

#B5C72A #2AC78B #3C2AC7 #C72A67

split-complementary

#B5C72A #2A67C7 #8B2AC7

monochromatic

#596215 #87941F #B5C72A #CBDB53 #DBE586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B5C72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#B5C72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C72A

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C72A	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BBAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 199, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.170 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd772',
    500: '#b5c72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c72a;
$custom-light: #cfd772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.879,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78968,
    "c": 0.1695,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C72A

secondary

#30296D

accent

#40E853

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C72A

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

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