#B5D42C#B5D42C

#B5D42C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.183 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5D42C
RGB	rgb(181, 212, 44)
HSL	hsl(71, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(71, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 79.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -30.79, 72.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 78.67, 113.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0919 0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.183 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0550, 57.0927, 11.1342)
Luminance	0.5709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5D42C #4B2CD4

analogous

#D49F2C #B5D42C #61D42C

triadic

#B5D42C #2CB5D4 #D42CB5

tetradic

#B5D42C #2CD49F #4B2CD4 #D42C61

square

#B5D42C #2CD49F #4B2CD4 #D42C61

split-complementary

#B5D42C #2C61D4 #9F2CD4

monochromatic

#5F6F17 #8AA221 #B5D42C #C7DE5F #D9E992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#B5D42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#B5D42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5D42C

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5D42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5D42C	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5d42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 212, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.183 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe174',
    500: '#b5d42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5d42c;
$custom-light: #cfe174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5d42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.071,
    "s": 66.142,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8191,
    "c": 0.18276,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5D42C

secondary

#3A2C78

accent

#3FE95E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF1

border

#D4D5CB

text

#141509

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5D42C

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

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