#B5CD43#B5CD43

#B5CD43 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.162 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CD43
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 67)
HSL	hsl(70, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -26.35, 63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 68.31, 112.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0778 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.162 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9013, 53.8920, 13.5039)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CD43 #5B43CD

analogous

#CDA043 #B5CD43 #70CD43

triadic

#B5CD43 #43B5CD #CD43B5

tetradic

#B5CD43 #43CDA0 #5B43CD #CD4370

square

#B5CD43 #43CDA0 #5B43CD #CD4370

split-complementary

#B5CD43 #4370CD #A043CD

monochromatic

#67761F #91A72C #B5CD43 #C8DA73 #DBE7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B5CD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#B5CD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CD43

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CD43	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)

#DAC22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cd43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.162 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedc7f',
    500: '#b5cd43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cd43;
$custom-light: #cedc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cd43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.435,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80475,
    "c": 0.16184,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CD43

secondary

#42367F

accent

#47E161

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CD43

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

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