#B5CD48#B5CD48

#B5CD48 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.158 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CD48
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 72)
HSL	hsl(71, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(71, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -26.04, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 66.41, 113.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0764 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.158 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0578, 53.9546, 14.3283)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CD48 #6048CD

analogous

#CDA348 #B5CD48 #73CD48

triadic

#B5CD48 #48B5CD #CD48B5

tetradic

#B5CD48 #48CDA3 #6048CD #CD4873

square

#B5CD48 #48CDA3 #6048CD #CD4873

split-complementary

#B5CD48 #4873CD #A348CD

monochromatic

#6A7921 #93A92E #B5CD48 #C8DA78 #DCE7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B5CD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#B5CD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CD48

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CD48	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)

#DAC236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.158 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedc81',
    500: '#b5cd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cd48;
$custom-light: #cedc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.827,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80516,
    "c": 0.15828,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CD48

secondary

#453882

accent

#47E063

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CD48

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

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