#B5C842#B5C842

#B5C842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.157 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C842
RGB	rgb(181, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -24.00, 61.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 66.45, 111.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.0713 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.157 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6946, 51.5261, 12.9550)
Luminance	0.5153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C842 #5542C8

analogous

#C89842 #B5C842 #72C842

triadic

#B5C842 #42B5C8 #C842B5

tetradic

#B5C842 #42C898 #5542C8 #C84272

square

#B5C842 #42C898 #5542C8 #C84272

split-complementary

#B5C842 #4272C8 #9842C8

monochromatic

#646F20 #8F9F2E #B5C842 #C8D671 #DAE4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B5C842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#B5C842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C842

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C842	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.157 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced87e',
    500: '#b5c842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c842;
$custom-light: #ced87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.507,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79346,
    "c": 0.15674,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C842

secondary

#3F3679

accent

#4ADE5F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C842

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

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