#B5BD21#B5BD21

#B5BD21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.163 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BD21
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 33)
HSL	hsl(63, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -20.08, 69.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 72.44, 106.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0632 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.163 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5295, 46.3297, 8.4041)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD21 #2921BD

analogous

#BD7721 #B5BD21 #67BD21

triadic

#B5BD21 #21B5BD #BD21B5

tetradic

#B5BD21 #21BD77 #2921BD #BD2167

square

#B5BD21 #21BD77 #2921BD #BD2167

split-complementary

#B5BD21 #2167BD #7721BD

monochromatic

#51550F #838918 #B5BD21 #D5DD3E #E0E672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B5BD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#B5BD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD21

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD21	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.163 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd06d',
    500: '#b5bd21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd21;
$custom-light: #cfd06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.077,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76692,
    "c": 0.16291,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD21

secondary

#726DCD

accent

#3BED44

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD21

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

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