#B5BD2A#B5BD2A

#B5BD2A 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	#B5BD2A
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 42)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -19.77, 67.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 70.04, 106.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.0617 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.159 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6728, 46.3870, 9.1591)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD2A #322ABD

analogous

#BD7B2A #B5BD2A #6CBD2A

triadic

#B5BD2A #2AB5BD #BD2AB5

tetradic

#B5BD2A #2ABD7B #322ABD #BD2A6C

square

#B5BD2A #2ABD7B #322ABD #BD2A6C

split-complementary

#B5BD2A #2A6CBD #7B2ABD

monochromatic

#555914 #858B1F #B5BD2A #D0D74D #DDE37F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B5BD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#B5BD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD2A

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD2A	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: #b5bd2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.159 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd071',
    500: '#b5bd2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd2a;
$custom-light: #cfd071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.265,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76733,
    "c": 0.159,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD2A

secondary

#7C78CB

accent

#41E74A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD2A

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

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