#B5CD40#B5CD40

#B5CD40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.164 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CD40
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(70, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -26.53, 64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 69.40, 112.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.0785 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.164 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8136, 53.8569, 13.0422)
Luminance	0.5386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CD40 #5840CD

analogous

#CD9F40 #B5CD40 #6ECD40

triadic

#B5CD40 #40B5CD #CD40B5

tetradic

#B5CD40 #40CD9F #5840CD #CD406E

square

#B5CD40 #40CD9F #5840CD #CD406E

split-complementary

#B5CD40 #406ECD #9F40CD

monochromatic

#66741E #90A52B #B5CD40 #C8DA71 #DBE6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B5CD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#B5CD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CD40

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CD40	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)

#DAC22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.164 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedc7d',
    500: '#b5cd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cd40;
$custom-light: #cedc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.213,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80452,
    "c": 0.16385,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CD40

secondary

#41347D

accent

#46E261

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CD40

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

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