#B5CA48#B5CA48

#B5CA48 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 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CA48
RGB	rgb(181, 202, 72)
HSL	hsl(70, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -24.59, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 65.04, 112.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.0724 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.155 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3471, 52.5331, 14.0914)
Luminance	0.5253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CA48 #5D48CA

analogous

#CA9E48 #B5CA48 #74CA48

triadic

#B5CA48 #48B5CA #CA48B5

tetradic

#B5CA48 #48CA9E #5D48CA #CA4874

square

#B5CA48 #48CA9E #5D48CA #CA4874

split-complementary

#B5CA48 #4874CA #9E48CA

monochromatic

#687622 #92A530 #B5CA48 #C8D877 #DBE5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B5CA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#B5CA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CA48

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CA48	1.00	1.83	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ca48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 202, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.155 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceda81',
    500: '#b5ca48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ca48;
$custom-light: #ceda81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ca48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.692,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79843,
    "c": 0.15473,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CA48

secondary

#43387E

accent

#49DE61

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CA48

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

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