#B5CA26#B5CA26

#B5CA26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.174 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CA26
RGB	rgb(181, 202, 38)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(68, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 81.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -26.27, 71.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 76.16, 110.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.0799 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.174 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5275, 52.2053, 9.7750)
Luminance	0.5221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CA26 #3B26CA

analogous

#CA8D26 #B5CA26 #63CA26

triadic

#B5CA26 #26B5CA #CA26B5

tetradic

#B5CA26 #26CA8D #3B26CA #CA2663

square

#B5CA26 #26CA8D #3B26CA #CA2663

split-complementary

#B5CA26 #2663CA #8D26CA

monochromatic

#596313 #87961C #B5CA26 #CCDE4F #DBE883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B5CA26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#B5CA26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CA26

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CA26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CA26	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ca26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 202, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.174 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfda71',
    500: '#b5ca26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ca26;
$custom-light: #cfda71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ca26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.683,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79624,
    "c": 0.17443,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CA26

secondary

#30276E

accent

#3DEB53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CA26

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

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