#B5BC55#B5BC55

#B5BC55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.127 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BC55
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -16.69, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 53.10, 108.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.0489 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.127 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6798, 46.4468, 15.5201)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BC55 #5C55BC

analogous

#BC8F55 #B5BC55 #81BC55

triadic

#B5BC55 #55B5BC #BC55B5

tetradic

#B5BC55 #55BC8F #5C55BC #BC5581

square

#B5BC55 #55BC8F #5C55BC #BC5581

split-complementary

#B5BC55 #5581BC #8F55BC

monochromatic

#686C2B #92983C #B5BC55 #C8CD81 #DBDFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B5BC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#B5BC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BC55

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BC55	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.127 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd088',
    500: '#b5bc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bc55;
$custom-light: #cdd088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.078,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76865,
    "c": 0.12731,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BC55

secondary

#A3A0CC

accent

#55D35D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BC55

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

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