#B5CD47#B5CD47

#B5CD47 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.159 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CD47
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 71)
HSL	hsl(71, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(71, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 65.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -26.10, 61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 66.79, 113.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.0767 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.159 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0255, 53.9416, 14.1579)
Luminance	0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CD47 #5F47CD

analogous

#CDA247 #B5CD47 #72CD47

triadic

#B5CD47 #47B5CD #CD47B5

tetradic

#B5CD47 #47CDA2 #5F47CD #CD4772

square

#B5CD47 #47CDA2 #5F47CD #CD4772

split-complementary

#B5CD47 #4772CD #A247CD

monochromatic

#697921 #93A92E #B5CD47 #C8DA77 #DCE7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B5CD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#B5CD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CD47

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CD47	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cd47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.159 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedc81',
    500: '#b5cd47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cd47;
$custom-light: #cedc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cd47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.746,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80507,
    "c": 0.15901,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CD47

secondary

#443781

accent

#47E163

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CD47

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

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