#B5CB49#B5CB49

#B5CB49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.155 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CB49
RGB	rgb(181, 203, 73)
HSL	hsl(70, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -25.00, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 65.10, 112.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0734 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.155 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6154, 53.0170, 14.3430)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CB49 #5F49CB

analogous

#CBA049 #B5CB49 #74CB49

triadic

#B5CB49 #49B5CB #CB49B5

tetradic

#B5CB49 #49CBA0 #5F49CB #CB4974

square

#B5CB49 #49CBA0 #5F49CB #CB4974

split-complementary

#B5CB49 #4974CB #A049CB

monochromatic

#697722 #93A730 #B5CB49 #C8D979 #DCE6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#B5CB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#B5CB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CB49

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CB49	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 203, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.155 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceda82',
    500: '#b5cb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cb49;
$custom-light: #ceda82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.154,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80076,
    "c": 0.15516,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CB49

secondary

#443880

accent

#49DF62

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CB49

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

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