#B5CA2A#B5CA2A

#B5CA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.173 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CA2A
RGB	rgb(181, 202, 42)
HSL	hsl(68, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(68, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 79.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -26.13, 70.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 75.12, 110.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.0792 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.173 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5956, 52.2325, 10.1334)
Luminance	0.5223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CA2A #3F2ACA

analogous

#CA8F2A #B5CA2A #65CA2A

triadic

#B5CA2A #2AB5CA #CA2AB5

tetradic

#B5CA2A #2ACA8F #3F2ACA #CA2A65

square

#B5CA2A #2ACA8F #3F2ACA #CA2A65

split-complementary

#B5CA2A #2A65CA #8F2ACA

monochromatic

#5A6515 #88971F #B5CA2A #CADC55 #DAE688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B5CA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#B5CA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CA2A

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CA2A	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ca2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 202, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.173 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfda72',
    500: '#b5ca2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ca2a;
$custom-light: #cfda72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ca2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.875,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79642,
    "c": 0.17273,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CA2A

secondary

#32296F

accent

#3FE955

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CA2A

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

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