#B5BD29#B5BD29

#B5BD29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.159 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BD29
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 41)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 78.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -19.81, 67.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 70.33, 106.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.0619 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.159 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6551, 46.3799, 9.0660)
Luminance	0.4638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD29 #3129BD

analogous

#BD7B29 #B5BD29 #6BBD29

triadic

#B5BD29 #29B5BD #BD29B5

tetradic

#B5BD29 #29BD7B #3129BD #BD296B

square

#B5BD29 #29BD7B #3129BD #BD296B

split-complementary

#B5BD29 #296BBD #7B29BD

monochromatic

#555813 #858B1E #B5BD29 #D0D84B #DDE37D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B5BD29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#B5BD29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD29

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD29	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.159 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd070',
    500: '#b5bd29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd29;
$custom-light: #cfd070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.243,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76728,
    "c": 0.15948,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD29

secondary

#7B77CB

accent

#40E749

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD29

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

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