#B5CE59#B5CE59

#B5CE59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.146 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CE59
RGB	rgb(181, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(73, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -25.25, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 59.90, 114.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.0726 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.146 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9310, 54.6878, 17.7434)
Luminance	0.5469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CE59 #7259CE

analogous

#CEAD59 #B5CE59 #7ACE59

triadic

#B5CE59 #59B5CE #CE59B5

tetradic

#B5CE59 #59CEAD #7259CE #CE597A

square

#B5CE59 #59CEAD #7259CE #CE597A

split-complementary

#B5CE59 #597ACE #AD59CE

monochromatic

#718527 #99B535 #B5CE59 #CADC88 #DFEAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#B5CE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#B5CE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CE59

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CE59	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.146 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cddd8c',
    500: '#b5ce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ce59;
$custom-light: #cddd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.821,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80905,
    "c": 0.14572,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CE59

secondary

#4F3F8C

accent

#4ADE6A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CE59

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

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