#B5CD53#B5CD53

#B5CD53 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.150 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CD53
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 83)
HSL	hsl(72, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(72, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -25.25, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 61.96, 114.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0732 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.15 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4493, 54.1112, 16.3902)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CD53 #6B53CD

analogous

#CDA853 #B5CD53 #78CD53

triadic

#B5CD53 #53B5CD #CD53B5

tetradic

#B5CD53 #53CDA8 #6B53CD #CD5378

square

#B5CD53 #53CDA8 #6B53CD #CD5378

split-complementary

#B5CD53 #5378CD #A853CD

monochromatic

#6E8025 #97B033 #B5CD53 #C9DB82 #DEE9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B5CD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#B5CD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CD53

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CD53	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)

#D9C245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.150 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedc88',
    500: '#b5cd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cd53;
$custom-light: #cedc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.803,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80618,
    "c": 0.14963,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CD53

secondary

#4B3C88

accent

#4ADE67

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CD53

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

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