#B5CD38#B5CD38

#B5CD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.169 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CD38
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(70, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -26.96, 66.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 72.16, 111.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.0804 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.169 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6021, 53.7723, 11.9281)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CD38 #5038CD

analogous

#CD9A38 #B5CD38 #6ACD38

triadic

#B5CD38 #38B5CD #CD38B5

tetradic

#B5CD38 #38CD9A #5038CD #CD386A

square

#B5CD38 #38CD9A #5038CD #CD386A

split-complementary

#B5CD38 #386ACD #9A38CD

monochromatic

#616F1C #8CA028 #B5CD38 #C7D969 #D9E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B5CD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#B5CD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CD38

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CD38	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)

#DBC21A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.169 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdc79',
    500: '#b5cd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cd38;
$custom-light: #cfdc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.664,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80396,
    "c": 0.16882,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CD38

secondary

#3D3178

accent

#45E35E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CD38

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

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