#B5CE40#B5CE40

#B5CE40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.165 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CE40
RGB	rgb(181, 206, 64)
HSL	hsl(71, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(71, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -27.01, 64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 69.85, 112.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0799 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.165 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0536, 54.3368, 13.1221)
Luminance	0.5434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CE40 #5940CE

analogous

#CEA040 #B5CE40 #6ECE40

triadic

#B5CE40 #40B5CE #CE40B5

tetradic

#B5CE40 #40CEA0 #5940CE #CE406E

square

#B5CE40 #40CEA0 #5940CE #CE406E

split-complementary

#B5CE40 #406ECE #A040CE

monochromatic

#66751E #90A62B #B5CE40 #C8DA71 #DBE7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B5CE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#B5CE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CE40

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CE40	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ce40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 206, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.165 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedd7d',
    500: '#b5ce40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ce40;
$custom-light: #cedd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ce40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.563,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80676,
    "c": 0.16501,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CE40

secondary

#41347E

accent

#45E261

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CE40

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

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