#B5CE42#B5CE42

#B5CE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.164 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CE42
RGB	rgb(181, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(71, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -26.89, 63.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 69.12, 112.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0793 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.164 119)
XYZ	xyz(42.1115, 54.3600, 13.4273)
Luminance	0.5436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CE42 #5B42CE

analogous

#CEA142 #B5CE42 #6FCE42

triadic

#B5CE42 #42B5CE #CE42B5

tetradic

#B5CE42 #42CEA1 #5B42CE #CE426F

square

#B5CE42 #42CEA1 #5B42CE #CE426F

split-complementary

#B5CE42 #426FCE #A142CE

monochromatic

#67771F #91A72B #B5CE42 #C8DB73 #DBE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B5CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#B5CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CE42

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CE42	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)

#DBC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.164 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedd7e',
    500: '#b5ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ce42;
$custom-light: #cedd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80692,
    "c": 0.16368,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.5436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CE42

secondary

#42357F

accent

#46E262

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CE42

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

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