#B5D042#B5D042

#B5D042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.166 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5D042
RGB	rgb(181, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(71, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -27.84, 64.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 70.02, 113.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.082 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.166 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5961, 55.3291, 13.5888)
Luminance	0.5533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5D042 #5D42D0

analogous

#D0A442 #B5D042 #6ED042

triadic

#B5D042 #42B5D0 #D042B5

tetradic

#B5D042 #42D0A4 #5D42D0 #D0426E

square

#B5D042 #42D0A4 #5D42D0 #D0426E

split-complementary

#B5D042 #426ED0 #A442D0

monochromatic

#68791E #92AA2A #B5D042 #C8DC73 #DBE8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#B5D042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#B5D042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5D042

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5D042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5D042	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5d042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.166 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cede7e',
    500: '#b5d042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5d042;
$custom-light: #cede7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5d042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.408,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81142,
    "c": 0.16602,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5D042

secondary

#433581

accent

#44E363

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5D042

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

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