#B5CD5A#B5CD5A

#B5CD5A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.144 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CD5A
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 90)
HSL	hsl(73, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(73, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 56.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -24.69, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 58.97, 114.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0709 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.144 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7333, 54.2248, 17.8861)
Luminance	0.5423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CD5A #725ACD

analogous

#CDAC5A #B5CD5A #7BCD5A

triadic

#B5CD5A #5AB5CD #CD5AB5

tetradic

#B5CD5A #5ACDAC #725ACD #CD5A7B

square

#B5CD5A #5ACDAC #725ACD #CD5A7B

split-complementary

#B5CD5A #5A7BCD #AC5ACD

monochromatic

#718428 #99B336 #B5CD5A #CADB89 #DFE9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B5CD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#B5CD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CD5A

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CD5A	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.144 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cddc8c',
    500: '#b5cd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cd5a;
$custom-light: #cddc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.522,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80693,
    "c": 0.14357,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CD5A

secondary

#4F408C

accent

#4BDD69

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CD5A

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

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