#B5D438#B5D438

#B5D438 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.177 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5D438
RGB	rgb(181, 212, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(72, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -30.27, 68.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 75.18, 113.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.0896 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.177 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.3141, 57.1964, 12.4988)
Luminance	0.5720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5D438 #5738D4

analogous

#D4A538 #B5D438 #67D438

triadic

#B5D438 #38B5D4 #D438B5

tetradic

#B5D438 #38D4A5 #5738D4 #D43867

square

#B5D438 #38D4A5 #5738D4 #D43867

split-complementary

#B5D438 #3867D4 #A538D4

monochromatic

#65781A #90AA25 #B5D438 #C8DF6A #DAEA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#B5D438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#B5D438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5D438

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5D438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5D438	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5d438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 212, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.177 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe17a',
    500: '#b5d438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5d438;
$custom-light: #cfe17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5d438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.923,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81975,
    "c": 0.17676,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5D438

secondary

#403080

accent

#40E762

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5D438

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

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