#B5CD3C#B5CD3C

#B5CD3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.166 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CD3C
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 60)
HSL	hsl(70, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(70, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -26.75, 65.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 70.81, 112.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.0795 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.166 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7039, 53.8130, 12.4641)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CD3C #543CCD

analogous

#CD9D3C #B5CD3C #6DCD3C

triadic

#B5CD3C #3CB5CD #CD3CB5

tetradic

#B5CD3C #3CCD9D #543CCD #CD3C6D

square

#B5CD3C #3CCD9D #543CCD #CD3C6D

split-complementary

#B5CD3C #3C6DCD #9D3CCD

monochromatic

#64711D #8EA22A #B5CD3C #C7D96D #DAE69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B5CD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#B5CD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CD3C

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CD3C	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)

#DAC222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cd3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.166 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdc7b',
    500: '#b5cd3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cd3c;
$custom-light: #cfdc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cd3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.931,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80423,
    "c": 0.16642,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CD3C

secondary

#3F337A

accent

#45E25F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CD3C

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

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