#B5BD22#B5BD22

#B5BD22 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	#B5BD22
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 34)
HSL	hsl(63, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -20.05, 69.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 72.20, 106.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.063 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.163 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5437, 46.3353, 8.4790)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD22 #2A22BD

analogous

#BD7722 #B5BD22 #67BD22

triadic

#B5BD22 #22B5BD #BD22B5

tetradic

#B5BD22 #22BD77 #2A22BD #BD2267

square

#B5BD22 #22BD77 #2A22BD #BD2267

split-complementary

#B5BD22 #2267BD #7722BD

monochromatic

#52550F #838919 #B5BD22 #D4DD40 #E0E673

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B5BD22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#B5BD22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD22

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD22	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)

#CCB732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.163 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd06d',
    500: '#b5bd22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd22;
$custom-light: #cfd06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.097,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76696,
    "c": 0.16252,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD22

secondary

#736ECD

accent

#3BEC45

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD22

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

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