#B5CD36#B5CD36

#B5CD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.170 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CD36
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 54)
HSL	hsl(70, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(70, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -27.06, 67.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 72.81, 111.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0809 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.17 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5541, 53.7531, 11.6756)
Luminance	0.5375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CD36 #4E36CD

analogous

#CD9936 #B5CD36 #6ACD36

triadic

#B5CD36 #36B5CD #CD36B5

tetradic

#B5CD36 #36CD99 #4E36CD #CD366A

square

#B5CD36 #36CD99 #4E36CD #CD366A

split-complementary

#B5CD36 #366ACD #9936CD

monochromatic

#606D1B #8B9E27 #B5CD36 #C7D967 #D9E598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B5CD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#B5CD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CD36

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CD36	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.170 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdc78',
    500: '#b5cd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cd36;
$custom-light: #cfdc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.536,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80383,
    "c": 0.16996,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CD36

secondary

#3C3077

accent

#44E35E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CD36

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

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