#B5CD55#B5CD55

#B5CD55 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.148 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CD55
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(72, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(72, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -25.09, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 61.12, 114.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.0725 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.148 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5276, 54.1425, 16.8027)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CD55 #6D55CD

analogous

#CDA955 #B5CD55 #79CD55

triadic

#B5CD55 #55B5CD #CD55B5

tetradic

#B5CD55 #55CDA9 #6D55CD #CD5579

square

#B5CD55 #55CDA9 #6D55CD #CD5579

split-complementary

#B5CD55 #5579CD #A955CD

monochromatic

#6F8226 #98B134 #B5CD55 #CADB84 #DEE9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B5CD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#B5CD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CD55

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CD55	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.148 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedc89',
    500: '#b5cd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cd55;
$custom-light: #cedc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80639,
    "c": 0.14794,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CD55

secondary

#4C3D89

accent

#4ADE68

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CD55

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

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