#B5CB35#B5CB35

#B5CB35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.168 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CB35
RGB	rgb(181, 203, 53)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(69, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 73.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, -26.14, 67.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 72.29, 111.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.0784 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.168 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0556, 52.7931, 11.3948)
Luminance	0.5279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CB35 #4B35CB

analogous

#CB9635 #B5CB35 #6ACB35

triadic

#B5CB35 #35B5CB #CB35B5

tetradic

#B5CB35 #35CB96 #4B35CB #CB356A

square

#B5CB35 #35CB96 #4B35CB #CB356A

split-complementary

#B5CB35 #356ACB #9635CB

monochromatic

#5F6A1B #8A9B28 #B5CB35 #C7D866 #D9E496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#B5CB35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#B5CB35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CB35

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CB35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CB35	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cb35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 203, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.168 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfda77',
    500: '#b5cb35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cb35;
$custom-light: #cfda77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cb35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.8,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79927,
    "c": 0.16829,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CB35

secondary

#3A3074

accent

#46E25D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CB35

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

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