#B5BC53#B5BC53

#B5BC53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.129 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BC53
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 83)
HSL	hsl(64, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -16.86, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 54.01, 108.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0495 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.129 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6015, 46.4155, 15.1076)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BC53 #5A53BC

analogous

#BC8E53 #B5BC53 #80BC53

triadic

#B5BC53 #53B5BC #BC53B5

tetradic

#B5BC53 #53BC8E #5A53BC #BC5380

square

#B5BC53 #53BC8E #5A53BC #BC5380

split-complementary

#B5BC53 #5380BC #8E53BC

monochromatic

#676B2A #91973B #B5BC53 #C8CD7F #DBDEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B5BC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#B5BC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BC53

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BC53	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.129 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd087',
    500: '#b5bc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bc53;
$custom-light: #cdd087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76842,
    "c": 0.12915,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BC53

secondary

#A29FCC

accent

#54D45D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BC53

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

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