#B5BC40#B5BC40

#B5BC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.145 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BC40
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -18.19, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 62.05, 107.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.0553 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.145 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9658, 46.1612, 11.7595)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BC40 #4740BC

analogous

#BC8540 #B5BC40 #77BC40

triadic

#B5BC40 #40B5BC #BC40B5

tetradic

#B5BC40 #40BC85 #4740BC #BC4077

square

#B5BC40 #40BC85 #4740BC #BC4077

split-complementary

#B5BC40 #4077BC #8540BC

monochromatic

#5D6121 #898E30 #B5BC40 #C8CD6C #D9DD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B5BC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#B5BC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BC40

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BC40	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.145 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced07b',
    500: '#b5bc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bc40;
$custom-light: #ced07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.387,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76658,
    "c": 0.14468,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BC40

secondary

#938FC9

accent

#4FD957

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BC40

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

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