#B5C749#B5C749

#B5C749 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.150 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C749
RGB	rgb(181, 199, 73)
HSL	hsl(69, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -23.06, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 63.28, 111.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.068 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.15 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6829, 51.1521, 14.0322)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C749 #5B49C7

analogous

#C79A49 #B5C749 #76C749

triadic

#B5C749 #49B5C7 #C749B5

tetradic

#B5C749 #49C79A #5B49C7 #C74976

square

#B5C749 #49C79A #5B49C7 #C74976

split-complementary

#B5C749 #4976C7 #9A49C7

monochromatic

#677223 #91A132 #B5C749 #C8D578 #DBE4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B5C749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#B5C749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C749

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C749	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 199, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.150 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced782',
    500: '#b5c749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c749;
$custom-light: #ced782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79181,
    "c": 0.15044,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C749

secondary

#42397B

accent

#4BDC60

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C749

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

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