#B5C855#B5C855

#B5C855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.142 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C855
RGB	rgb(181, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(70, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(70, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -22.66, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 58.72, 112.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.0657 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.142 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3507, 51.7886, 16.4104)
Luminance	0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C855 #6855C8

analogous

#C8A155 #B5C855 #7BC855

triadic

#B5C855 #55B5C8 #C855B5

tetradic

#B5C855 #55C8A1 #6855C8 #C8557B

square

#B5C855 #55C8A1 #6855C8 #C8557B

split-complementary

#B5C855 #557BC8 #A155C8

monochromatic

#6D7B28 #96A937 #B5C855 #C9D783 #DDE6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B5C855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#B5C855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C855

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C855	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.142 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd889',
    500: '#b5c855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c855;
$custom-light: #cdd889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.913,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79523,
    "c": 0.14177,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C855

secondary

#493E83

accent

#4DDB65

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C855

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

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