#B5CD2E#B5CD2E

#B5CD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.174 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CD2E
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 46)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(69, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 77.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -27.41, 70.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 75.23, 111.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0825 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.174 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3815, 53.6840, 10.7663)
Luminance	0.5368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CD2E #462ECD

analogous

#CD962E #B5CD2E #65CD2E

triadic

#B5CD2E #2EB5CD #CD2EB5

tetradic

#B5CD2E #2ECD96 #462ECD #CD2E65

square

#B5CD2E #2ECD96 #462ECD #CD2E65

split-complementary

#B5CD2E #2E65CD #962ECD

monochromatic

#5D6918 #899B23 #B5CD2E #C8DB5D #D9E68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B5CD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#B5CD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CD2E

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CD2E	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cd2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.174 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdc74',
    500: '#b5cd2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cd2e;
$custom-light: #cfdc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cd2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.057,
    "s": 63.347,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80338,
    "c": 0.17413,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CD2E

secondary

#372C73

accent

#41E65A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141509

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CD2E

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

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