#B5CB32#B5CB32

#B5CB32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.170 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CB32
RGB	rgb(181, 203, 50)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(69, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 75.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -26.28, 68.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 73.23, 111.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0791 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.17 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9887, 52.7664, 11.0426)
Luminance	0.5277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CB32 #4832CB

analogous

#CB9432 #B5CB32 #69CB32

triadic

#B5CB32 #32B5CB #CB32B5

tetradic

#B5CB32 #32CB94 #4832CB #CB3269

square

#B5CB32 #32CB94 #4832CB #CB3269

split-complementary

#B5CB32 #3269CB #9432CB

monochromatic

#5D691A #899A26 #B5CB32 #C7D862 #D9E493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#B5CB32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#B5CB32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CB32

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CB32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CB32	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C00A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cb32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 203, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.170 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfda76',
    500: '#b5cb32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cb32;
$custom-light: #cfda76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cb32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.627,
    "s": 60.474,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79909,
    "c": 0.16991,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CB32

secondary

#382E73

accent

#44E45B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CB32

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

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