#B5CA32#B5CA32

#B5CA32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.169 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CA32
RGB	rgb(181, 202, 50)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(68, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 75.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, -25.80, 68.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 72.81, 110.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0777 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.169 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7533, 52.2956, 10.9642)
Luminance	0.5230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CA32 #4732CA

analogous

#CA9332 #B5CA32 #69CA32

triadic

#B5CA32 #32B5CA #CA32B5

tetradic

#B5CA32 #32CA93 #4732CA #CA3269

square

#B5CA32 #32CA93 #4732CA #CA3269

split-complementary

#B5CA32 #3269CA #9332CA

monochromatic

#5D681A #899926 #B5CA32 #C8D861 #D9E492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B5CA32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#B5CA32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CA32

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CA32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CA32	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ca32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 202, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.169 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfda76',
    500: '#b5ca32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ca32;
$custom-light: #cfda76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ca32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.289,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79685,
    "c": 0.16881,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CA32

secondary

#382E72

accent

#44E35A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CA32

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

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