#B5BD23#B5BD23

#B5BD23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.162 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BD23
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 35)
HSL	hsl(63, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -20.01, 69.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 71.95, 106.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0629 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.162 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5583, 46.3412, 8.5560)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD23 #2B23BD

analogous

#BD7823 #B5BD23 #68BD23

triadic

#B5BD23 #23B5BD #BD23B5

tetradic

#B5BD23 #23BD78 #2B23BD #BD2368

square

#B5BD23 #23BD78 #2B23BD #BD2368

split-complementary

#B5BD23 #2368BD #7823BD

monochromatic

#525610 #848919 #B5BD23 #D4DC41 #E0E575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B5BD23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#B5BD23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD23

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD23	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)

#CCB733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.162 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd06e',
    500: '#b5bd23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd23;
$custom-light: #cfd06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.117,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.767,
    "c": 0.16212,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD23

secondary

#746FCD

accent

#3CEC45

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD23

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

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