#B5CA38#B5CA38

#B5CA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.165 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CA38
RGB	rgb(181, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, -25.52, 66.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 70.88, 111.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0764 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.165 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8913, 52.3508, 11.6912)
Luminance	0.5235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CA38 #4D38CA

analogous

#CA9638 #B5CA38 #6CCA38

triadic

#B5CA38 #38B5CA #CA38B5

tetradic

#B5CA38 #38CA96 #4D38CA #CA386C

square

#B5CA38 #38CA96 #4D38CA #CA386C

split-complementary

#B5CA38 #386CCA #9638CA

monochromatic

#606B1D #8B9B29 #B5CA38 #C7D768 #D9E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B5CA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#B5CA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CA38

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CA38	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.165 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfda79',
    500: '#b5ca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ca38;
$custom-light: #cfda79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.63,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79721,
    "c": 0.16545,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CA38

secondary

#3B3175

accent

#47E15D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CA38

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

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