#B5DB42#B5DB42

#B5DB42 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.179 H 122.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5DB42
RGB	rgb(181, 219, 66)
HSL	hsl(75, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(75, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 0%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, -33.00, 67.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 74.99, 116.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% -0.0962 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.179 122.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3715, 60.8800, 14.5139)
Luminance	0.6088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5DB42 #6842DB

analogous

#DBB442 #B5DB42 #68DB42

triadic

#B5DB42 #42B5DB #DB42B5

tetradic

#B5DB42 #42DBB4 #6842DB #DB4268

square

#B5DB42 #42DBB4 #6842DB #DB4268

split-complementary

#B5DB42 #4268DB #B442DB

monochromatic

#6D891A #96BC24 #B5DB42 #C9E575 #DDEFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#B5DB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#B5DB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5DB42

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5DB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5DB42	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5db42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 219, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.179 122.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe67f',
    500: '#b5db42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5db42;
$custom-light: #cfe67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5db42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.902,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83627,
    "c": 0.17894,
    "h": 122.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5DB42

secondary

#49338F

accent

#3DEB68

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5DB42

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

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