#B5C83A#B5C83A
#B5C83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.162 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B5C83A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(181, 200, 58) |
| HSL | hsl(68, 56%, 51%) |
| HSV | hsv(68, 71%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 71%, 21.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.94, -24.45, 64.90) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.94, 69.35, 110.64°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.29% -0.0733 0.1445) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.29% 0.162 116.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.4750, 51.4383, 11.7985) |
| Luminance | 0.5144 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 3.19
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.25
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 3.26
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 3.28
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.86
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 4.00
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B5C83A #4D3AC8
analogous
#C8943A #B5C83A #6EC83A
triadic
#B5C83A #3AB5C8 #C83AB5
tetradic
#B5C83A #3AC894 #4D3AC8 #C83A6E
square
#B5C83A #3AC894 #4D3AC8 #C83A6E
split-complementary
#B5C83A #3A6EC8 #943AC8
monochromatic
#606A1E #8B9A2B #B5C83A #C7D56A #D9E39A
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.86
#B5C83A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.29
#B5C83A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B5C83A
11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B5C83A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B5C83A | 1.00 | 1.86 | 11.29 | 11.29 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.86 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.29 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.29 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6BD21
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D4BF45
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C0BDAC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b5c83a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 200, 58); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.162 116.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cfd879',
500: '#b5c83a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b5c83a; $custom-light: #cfd879; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b5c83a",
"rgb": {
"r": 181,
"g": 200,
"b": 58
},
"hsl": {
"h": 68.028,
"s": 56.349,
"l": 50.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79286,
"c": 0.16201,
"h": 116.9
},
"luminance": 0.51438
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B5C83A
secondary
#3B3274
accent
#48E05C
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFBF2
border
#D4D4CC
text
#14140A
muted
#83837D