#B5BC49#B5BC49

#B5BC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.138 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BC49
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -17.61, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 58.38, 107.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0527 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.138 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2429, 46.2720, 13.2189)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BC49 #5049BC

analogous

#BC8949 #B5BC49 #7BBC49

triadic

#B5BC49 #49B5BC #BC49B5

tetradic

#B5BC49 #49BC89 #5049BC #BC497B

square

#B5BC49 #49BC89 #5049BC #BC497B

split-complementary

#B5BC49 #497BBC #8949BC

monochromatic

#616525 #8C9236 #B5BC49 #C7CC76 #D9DDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B5BC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#B5BC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BC49

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BC49	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.138 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced081',
    500: '#b5bc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bc49;
$custom-light: #ced081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.652,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76739,
    "c": 0.13776,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BC49

secondary

#9A97CA

accent

#52D65A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BC49

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

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