#B5C916#B5C916

#B5C916 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.179 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C916
RGB	rgb(181, 201, 22)
HSL	hsl(67, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(67, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 89.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -26.21, 74.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 79.07, 109.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0806 0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.179 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0887, 51.6555, 8.6176)
Luminance	0.5165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C916 #2A16C9

analogous

#C98316 #B5C916 #5BC916

triadic

#B5C916 #16B5C9 #C916B5

tetradic

#B5C916 #16C983 #2A16C9 #C9165B

square

#B5C916 #16C983 #2A16C9 #C9165B

split-complementary

#B5C916 #165BC9 #8316C9

monochromatic

#525B0A #839210 #B5C916 #D4E933 #E0EF6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B5C916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#B5C916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C916

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C916	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6BF2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BDAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 201, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.179 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d96c',
    500: '#b5c916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c916;
$custom-light: #d0d96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.704,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79344,
    "c": 0.17863,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C916

secondary

#251D66

accent

#31F747

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C916

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

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