#B5CD2C#B5CD2C

#B5CD2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.175 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CD2C
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 44)
HSL	hsl(69, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(69, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 78.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -27.49, 70.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 75.79, 111.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.0828 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.175 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3430, 53.6686, 10.5635)
Luminance	0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CD2C #442CCD

analogous

#CD952C #B5CD2C #65CD2C

triadic

#B5CD2C #2CB5CD #CD2CB5

tetradic

#B5CD2C #2CCD95 #442CCD #CD2C65

square

#B5CD2C #2CCD95 #442CCD #CD2C65

split-complementary

#B5CD2C #2C65CD #952CCD

monochromatic

#5C6816 #899B21 #B5CD2C #C8DC5B #D9E78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B5CD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#B5CD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CD2C

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CD2C	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cd2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.175 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdc73',
    500: '#b5cd2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cd2c;
$custom-light: #cfdc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cd2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.944,
    "s": 64.659,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80328,
    "c": 0.17506,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CD2C

secondary

#362B72

accent

#40E859

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141509

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CD2C

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

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