#B5CB45#B5CB45

#B5CB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.158 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CB45
RGB	rgb(181, 203, 69)
HSL	hsl(70, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 66%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -25.27, 61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 66.65, 112.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.0745 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.158 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.4870, 52.9657, 13.6669)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CB45 #5B45CB

analogous

#CB9E45 #B5CB45 #72CB45

triadic

#B5CB45 #45B5CB #CB45B5

tetradic

#B5CB45 #45CB9E #5B45CB #CB4572

square

#B5CB45 #45CB9E #5B45CB #CB4572

split-complementary

#B5CB45 #4572CB #9E45CB

monochromatic

#677521 #91A52E #B5CB45 #C8D875 #DBE6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#B5CB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#B5CB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CB45

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CB45	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)

#D8C032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cb45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 203, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.158 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceda80',
    500: '#b5cb45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cb45;
$custom-light: #ceda80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cb45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.851,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80042,
    "c": 0.15809,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CB45

secondary

#42377E

accent

#48E061

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CB45

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

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