#B5CA46#B5CA46

#B5CA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.156 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CA46
RGB	rgb(181, 202, 70)
HSL	hsl(70, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -24.72, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 65.82, 112.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0729 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.156 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2829, 52.5074, 13.7533)
Luminance	0.5251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CA46 #5B46CA

analogous

#CA9D46 #B5CA46 #73CA46

triadic

#B5CA46 #46B5CA #CA46B5

tetradic

#B5CA46 #46CA9D #5B46CA #CA4673

square

#B5CA46 #46CA9D #5B46CA #CA4673

split-complementary

#B5CA46 #4673CA #9D46CA

monochromatic

#677421 #91A42F #B5CA46 #C8D876 #DBE5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B5CA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#B5CA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CA46

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CA46	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ca46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 202, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.156 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceda80',
    500: '#b5ca46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ca46;
$custom-light: #ceda80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ca46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.545,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79826,
    "c": 0.1562,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CA46

secondary

#42377D

accent

#49DF61

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CA46

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

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