#B5CA47#B5CA47

#B5CA47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.155 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CA47
RGB	rgb(181, 202, 71)
HSL	hsl(70, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 64.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -24.65, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 65.43, 112.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0727 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.155 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3147, 52.5201, 13.9209)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CA47 #5C47CA

analogous

#CA9D47 #B5CA47 #73CA47

triadic

#B5CA47 #47B5CA #CA47B5

tetradic

#B5CA47 #47CA9D #5C47CA #CA4773

square

#B5CA47 #47CA9D #5C47CA #CA4773

split-complementary

#B5CA47 #4773CA #9D47CA

monochromatic

#687522 #92A42F #B5CA47 #C8D877 #DBE5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B5CA47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#B5CA47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CA47

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CA47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CA47	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)

#D7BF35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ca47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 202, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.155 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceda81',
    500: '#b5ca47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ca47;
$custom-light: #ceda81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ca47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.618,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79835,
    "c": 0.15547,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CA47

secondary

#43387E

accent

#49DF61

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CA47

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

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