#B5CD49#B5CD49

#B5CD49 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	#B5CD49
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(71, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(71, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -25.97, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 66.02, 113.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0761 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.158 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0907, 53.9677, 14.5015)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CD49 #6149CD

analogous

#CDA349 #B5CD49 #73CD49

triadic

#B5CD49 #49B5CD #CD49B5

tetradic

#B5CD49 #49CDA3 #6149CD #CD4973

square

#B5CD49 #49CDA3 #6149CD #CD4973

split-complementary

#B5CD49 #4973CD #A349CD

monochromatic

#6A7A22 #94AA2F #B5CD49 #C9DA79 #DCE7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B5CD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#B5CD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CD49

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CD49	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)

#DAC238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.158 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedc82',
    500: '#b5cd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cd49;
$custom-light: #cedc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.909,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80524,
    "c": 0.15754,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CD49

secondary

#463882

accent

#48E063

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CD49

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

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