#B5CC42#B5CC42

#B5CC42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.161 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CC42
RGB	rgb(181, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -25.93, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 68.23, 112.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0767 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.161 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6331, 53.4032, 13.2678)
Luminance	0.5340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CC42 #5942CC

analogous

#CC9E42 #B5CC42 #70CC42

triadic

#B5CC42 #42B5CC #CC42B5

tetradic

#B5CC42 #42CC9E #5942CC #CC4270

square

#B5CC42 #42CC9E #5942CC #CC4270

split-complementary

#B5CC42 #4270CC #9E42CC

monochromatic

#66741F #90A42C #B5CC42 #C8D972 #DBE6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B5CC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#B5CC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CC42

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CC42	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.161 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedb7e',
    500: '#b5cc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cc42;
$custom-light: #cedb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80242,
    "c": 0.16136,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CC42

secondary

#41357D

accent

#47E161

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CC42

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

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