#B5C835#B5C835
#B5C835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.165 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B5C835 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(181, 200, 53) |
| HSL | hsl(68, 58%, 50%) |
| HSV | hsv(68, 74%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 73.5%, 21.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.91, -24.70, 66.60) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.91, 71.03, 110.35°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.25% -0.0744 0.1472) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.25% 0.165 116.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.3539, 51.3899, 11.1609) |
| Luminance | 0.5139 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 2.82
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 2.86
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 2.89
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.18
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.77
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.77
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B5C835 #4835C8
analogous
#C89235 #B5C835 #6CC835
triadic
#B5C835 #35B5C8 #C835B5
tetradic
#B5C835 #35C892 #4835C8 #C8356C
square
#B5C835 #35C892 #4835C8 #C8356C
split-complementary
#B5C835 #356CC8 #9235C8
monochromatic
#5D671B #899828 #B5C835 #C7D664 #D9E395
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.86
#B5C835 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.28
#B5C835 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B5C835
11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B5C835 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B5C835 | 1.00 | 1.86 | 11.28 | 11.28 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.86 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6BD16
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D4BF42
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C0BDAC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b5c835; /* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 200, 53); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.165 116.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cfd877',
500: '#b5c835',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b5c835; $custom-light: #cfd877; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b5c835",
"rgb": {
"r": 181,
"g": 200,
"b": 53
},
"hsl": {
"h": 67.755,
"s": 58.103,
"l": 49.608
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79253,
"c": 0.16496,
"h": 116.8
},
"luminance": 0.51389
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B5C835
secondary
#383071
accent
#46E15A
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFBF1
border
#D4D4CB
text
#141409
muted
#83837D