#B5CD4E#B5CD4E

#B5CD4E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.154 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CD4E
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 78)
HSL	hsl(71, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(71, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -25.62, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 64.03, 113.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0747 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.154 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2632, 54.0367, 15.4099)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CD4E #664ECD

analogous

#CDA64E #B5CD4E #75CD4E

triadic

#B5CD4E #4EB5CD #CD4EB5

tetradic

#B5CD4E #4ECDA6 #664ECD #CD4E75

square

#B5CD4E #4ECDA6 #664ECD #CD4E75

split-complementary

#B5CD4E #4E75CD #A64ECD

monochromatic

#6C7D23 #95AD31 #B5CD4E #C9DA7E #DDE8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B5CD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#B5CD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CD4E

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CD4E	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.154 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedc85',
    500: '#b5cd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cd4e;
$custom-light: #cedc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.339,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8057,
    "c": 0.15369,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CD4E

secondary

#483A85

accent

#49DF65

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CD4E

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

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