#B5CD52#B5CD52

#B5CD52 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.150 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CD52
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 82)
HSL	hsl(72, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(72, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -25.33, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 62.38, 113.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.0735 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.15 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4110, 54.0958, 16.1883)
Luminance	0.5410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CD52 #6A52CD

analogous

#CDA852 #B5CD52 #78CD52

triadic

#B5CD52 #52B5CD #CD52B5

tetradic

#B5CD52 #52CDA8 #6A52CD #CD5278

square

#B5CD52 #52CDA8 #6A52CD #CD5278

split-complementary

#B5CD52 #5278CD #A852CD

monochromatic

#6E8025 #97AF33 #B5CD52 #C9DB81 #DEE8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B5CD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#B5CD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CD52

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CD52	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.150 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedc87',
    500: '#b5cd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cd52;
$custom-light: #cedc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.707,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80608,
    "c": 0.15045,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CD52

secondary

#4B3C87

accent

#49DE66

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF3

border

#D4D5CD

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CD52

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

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