#B5CD50#B5CD50

#B5CD50 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.152 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CD50
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 80)
HSL	hsl(72, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(72, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, -25.48, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 63.21, 113.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.0741 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.152 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3360, 54.0658, 15.7933)
Luminance	0.5407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CD50 #6850CD

analogous

#CDA650 #B5CD50 #76CD50

triadic

#B5CD50 #50B5CD #CD50B5

tetradic

#B5CD50 #50CDA6 #6850CD #CD5076

square

#B5CD50 #50CDA6 #6850CD #CD5076

split-complementary

#B5CD50 #5076CD #A650CD

monochromatic

#6D7E24 #96AE32 #B5CD50 #C9DB80 #DDE8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B5CD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#B5CD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CD50

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CD50	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)

#D9C241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.152 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedc86',
    500: '#b5cd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cd50;
$custom-light: #cedc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.52,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80589,
    "c": 0.15209,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CD50

secondary

#493B86

accent

#49DF66

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CD50

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

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