#B5BD28#B5BD28

#B5BD28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.160 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BD28
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 40)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 78.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -19.84, 67.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 70.61, 106.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.062 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.16 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6379, 46.3730, 8.9753)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD28 #3028BD

analogous

#BD7A28 #B5BD28 #6BBD28

triadic

#B5BD28 #28B5BD #BD28B5

tetradic

#B5BD28 #28BD7A #3028BD #BD286B

square

#B5BD28 #28BD7A #3028BD #BD286B

split-complementary

#B5BD28 #286BBD #7A28BD

monochromatic

#545813 #858A1D #B5BD28 #D1D94A #DEE37C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B5BD28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#B5BD28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD28

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD28	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	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)

#CCB736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.160 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd070',
    500: '#b5bd28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd28;
$custom-light: #cfd070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.221,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76723,
    "c": 0.15996,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD28

secondary

#7A75CB

accent

#40E849

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD28

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

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