#B5BC56#B5BC56

#B5BC56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.126 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BC56
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -16.61, 49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 52.65, 108.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0485 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.126 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7198, 46.4628, 15.7308)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BC56 #5D56BC

analogous

#BC9056 #B5BC56 #82BC56

triadic

#B5BC56 #56B5BC #BC56B5

tetradic

#B5BC56 #56BC90 #5D56BC #BC5682

square

#B5BC56 #56BC90 #5D56BC #BC5682

split-complementary

#B5BC56 #5682BC #9056BC

monochromatic

#686D2B #92983C #B5BC56 #C8CD82 #DBDFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B5BC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#B5BC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BC56

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BC56	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)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.126 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd089',
    500: '#b5bc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bc56;
$custom-light: #cdd089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.118,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76877,
    "c": 0.12638,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BC56

secondary

#A4A1CD

accent

#55D35D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BC56

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

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