#B5CB42#B5CB42

#B5CB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.160 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CB42
RGB	rgb(181, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -25.45, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 67.78, 112.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.0753 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.16 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3962, 52.9294, 13.1888)
Luminance	0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CB42 #5842CB

analogous

#CB9C42 #B5CB42 #70CB42

triadic

#B5CB42 #42B5CB #CB42B5

tetradic

#B5CB42 #42CB9C #5842CB #CB4270

square

#B5CB42 #42CB9C #5842CB #CB4270

split-complementary

#B5CB42 #4270CB #9C42CB

monochromatic

#667320 #90A32D #B5CB42 #C8D872 #DBE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#B5CB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#B5CB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CB42

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CB42	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.160 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceda7e',
    500: '#b5cb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cb42;
$custom-light: #ceda7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.635,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80018,
    "c": 0.1602,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CB42

secondary

#41357C

accent

#48E060

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CB42

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

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