#B5CD3E#B5CD3E

#B5CD3E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.165 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CD3E
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 62)
HSL	hsl(70, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(70, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -26.64, 64.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 70.12, 112.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.079 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.165 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7577, 53.8345, 12.7478)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CD3E #563ECD

analogous

#CD9E3E #B5CD3E #6DCD3E

triadic

#B5CD3E #3EB5CD #CD3EB5

tetradic

#B5CD3E #3ECD9E #563ECD #CD3E6D

square

#B5CD3E #3ECD9E #563ECD #CD3E6D

split-complementary

#B5CD3E #3E6DCD #9E3ECD

monochromatic

#65731E #8FA32A #B5CD3E #C8DA6F #DAE69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B5CD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#B5CD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CD3E

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CD3E	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.165 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedc7c',
    500: '#b5cd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cd3e;
$custom-light: #cedc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.07,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80437,
    "c": 0.16516,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CD3E

secondary

#40347C

accent

#46E260

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CD3E

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

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