#B5D542#B5D542

#B5D542 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.172 H 121.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5D542
RGB	rgb(181, 213, 66)
HSL	hsl(73, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(73, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 0%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -30.21, 65.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 72.27, 114.71°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.0885 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.172 121)
XYZ	xyz(43.8343, 57.8057, 14.0015)
Luminance	0.5781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5D542 #6242D5

analogous

#D5AB42 #B5D542 #6CD542

triadic

#B5D542 #42B5D5 #D542B5

tetradic

#B5D542 #42D5AB #6242D5 #D5426C

square

#B5D542 #42D5AB #6242D5 #D5426C

split-complementary

#B5D542 #426CD5 #AB42D5

monochromatic

#6A801C #94B228 #B5D542 #C9E074 #DCEBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#B5D542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#B5D542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5D542

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5D542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5D542	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFCAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5d542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 213, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.172 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe27f',
    500: '#b5d542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5d542;
$custom-light: #cfe27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5d542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.061,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82269,
    "c": 0.17188,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.57806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5D542

secondary

#463487

accent

#41E765

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5D542

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

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