#B5CD3A#B5CD3A

#B5CD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.168 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CD3A
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 58)
HSL	hsl(70, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(70, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -26.86, 66.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 71.50, 112.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.08 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.168 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6520, 53.7922, 12.1909)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CD3A #523ACD

analogous

#CD9C3A #B5CD3A #6CCD3A

triadic

#B5CD3A #3AB5CD #CD3AB5

tetradic

#B5CD3A #3ACD9C #523ACD #CD3A6C

square

#B5CD3A #3ACD9C #523ACD #CD3A6C

split-complementary

#B5CD3A #3A6CCD #9C3ACD

monochromatic

#62701C #8DA129 #B5CD3A #C7D96B #DAE69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B5CD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#B5CD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CD3A

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CD3A	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC21F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cd3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.168 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdc7a',
    500: '#b5cd3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cd3a;
$custom-light: #cfdc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cd3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.796,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80409,
    "c": 0.16764,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CD3A

secondary

#3E3279

accent

#45E35F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CD3A

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

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