#B5BD2C#B5BD2C

#B5BD2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.158 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BD2C
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 44)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -19.69, 66.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 69.44, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0613 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.158 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7095, 46.4017, 9.3524)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD2C #342CBD

analogous

#BD7C2C #B5BD2C #6DBD2C

triadic

#B5BD2C #2CB5BD #BD2CB5

tetradic

#B5BD2C #2CBD7C #342CBD #BD2C6D

square

#B5BD2C #2CBD7C #342CBD #BD2C6D

split-complementary

#B5BD2C #2C6DBD #7C2CBD

monochromatic

#565A15 #858B20 #B5BD2C #CFD650 #DCE282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B5BD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#B5BD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD2C

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD2C	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)

#CCB401

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.158 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd071',
    500: '#b5bd2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd2c;
$custom-light: #cfd071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.31,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76744,
    "c": 0.15802,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD2C

secondary

#7F7ACB

accent

#42E54B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD2C

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

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