#B5BC38#B5BC38

#B5BC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.150 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BC38
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -18.64, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 65.06, 106.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.0573 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.15 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7542, 46.0766, 10.6455)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BC38 #3F38BC

analogous

#BC8138 #B5BC38 #73BC38

triadic

#B5BC38 #38B5BC #BC38B5

tetradic

#B5BC38 #38BC81 #3F38BC #BC3873

square

#B5BC38 #38BC81 #3F38BC #BC3873

split-complementary

#B5BC38 #3873BC #8138BC

monochromatic

#5A5E1C #888D2A #B5BC38 #CAD061 #DADE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B5BC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#B5BC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BC38

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BC38	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.150 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced077',
    500: '#b5bc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bc38;
$custom-light: #ced077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76597,
    "c": 0.15012,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BC38

secondary

#8A87C9

accent

#4ADD52

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BC38

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

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