#B5CA49#B5CA49

#B5CA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.154 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CA49
RGB	rgb(181, 202, 73)
HSL	hsl(70, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, -24.52, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 64.64, 112.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.0721 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.154 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3800, 52.5462, 14.2646)
Luminance	0.5255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CA49 #5E49CA

analogous

#CA9F49 #B5CA49 #75CA49

triadic

#B5CA49 #49B5CA #CA49B5

tetradic

#B5CA49 #49CA9F #5E49CA #CA4975

square

#B5CA49 #49CA9F #5E49CA #CA4975

split-complementary

#B5CA49 #4975CA #9F49CA

monochromatic

#697622 #92A630 #B5CA49 #C8D878 #DCE6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#B5CA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#B5CA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CA49

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CA49	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	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)

#D7BF38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ca49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 202, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.154 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceda82',
    500: '#b5ca49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ca49;
$custom-light: #ceda82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ca49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.767,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79852,
    "c": 0.15398,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CA49

secondary

#44387F

accent

#4ADE62

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CA49

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

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