#B5CE49#B5CE49

#B5CE49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.159 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CE49
RGB	rgb(181, 206, 73)
HSL	hsl(71, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(71, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -26.45, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 66.48, 113.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.0775 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.159 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3307, 54.4477, 14.5815)
Luminance	0.5445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CE49 #6249CE

analogous

#CEA449 #B5CE49 #73CE49

triadic

#B5CE49 #49B5CE #CE49B5

tetradic

#B5CE49 #49CEA4 #6249CE #CE4973

square

#B5CE49 #49CEA4 #6249CE #CE4973

split-complementary

#B5CE49 #4973CE #A449CE

monochromatic

#6A7B21 #94AC2E #B5CE49 #C9DB79 #DCE8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B5CE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#B5CE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CE49

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CE49	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ce49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 206, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.159 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedd82',
    500: '#b5ce49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ce49;
$custom-light: #cedd82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ce49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.278,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80749,
    "c": 0.15873,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CE49

secondary

#463883

accent

#47E164

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CE49

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

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