#B5CE39#B5CE39

#B5CE39 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.169 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CE39
RGB	rgb(181, 206, 57)
HSL	hsl(70, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(70, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 72.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -27.39, 66.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 72.26, 112.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.0815 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.169 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8668, 54.2621, 12.1382)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CE39 #5239CE

analogous

#CE9D39 #B5CE39 #6BCE39

triadic

#B5CE39 #39B5CE #CE39B5

tetradic

#B5CE39 #39CE9D #5239CE #CE396B

square

#B5CE39 #39CE9D #5239CE #CE396B

split-complementary

#B5CE39 #396BCE #9D39CE

monochromatic

#62711C #8DA228 #B5CE39 #C7DA6A #DAE69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B5CE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#B5CE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CE39

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CE39	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)

#DBC21C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ce39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 206, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.169 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdc7a',
    500: '#b5ce39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ce39;
$custom-light: #cfdc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ce39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.067,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80628,
    "c": 0.16937,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CE39

secondary

#3E317A

accent

#44E35F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CE39

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

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