#B5CD42#B5CD42

#B5CD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.163 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CD42
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -26.41, 63.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 68.67, 112.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.078 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.163 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8716, 53.8801, 13.3473)
Luminance	0.5388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CD42 #5A42CD

analogous

#CDA042 #B5CD42 #6FCD42

triadic

#B5CD42 #42B5CD #CD42B5

tetradic

#B5CD42 #42CDA0 #5A42CD #CD426F

square

#B5CD42 #42CDA0 #5A42CD #CD426F

split-complementary

#B5CD42 #426FCD #A042CD

monochromatic

#67761F #91A62C #B5CD42 #C8DA72 #DBE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B5CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#B5CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CD42

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CD42	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.163 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedc7e',
    500: '#b5cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cd42;
$custom-light: #cedc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.36,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80467,
    "c": 0.16252,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CD42

secondary

#42357E

accent

#46E161

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CD42

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

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