#B5BC23#B5BC23

#B5BC23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.161 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BC23
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 35)
HSL	hsl(63, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -19.52, 68.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 71.58, 105.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0615 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.161 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3439, 45.9125, 8.4846)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BC23 #2A23BC

analogous

#BC7623 #B5BC23 #68BC23

triadic

#B5BC23 #23B5BC #BC23B5

tetradic

#B5BC23 #23BC76 #2A23BC #BC2368

square

#B5BC23 #23BC76 #2A23BC #BC2368

split-complementary

#B5BC23 #2368BC #7623BC

monochromatic

#525510 #838819 #B5BC23 #D4DC41 #E0E574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B5BC23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#B5BC23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BC23

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BC23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BC23	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bc23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.161 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcf6e',
    500: '#b5bc23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bc23;
$custom-light: #cfcf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bc23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.745,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76478,
    "c": 0.16111,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BC23

secondary

#736FCC

accent

#3CEB44

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BC23

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

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