#B5BD2D#B5BD2D

#B5BD2D 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	#B5BD2D
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 45)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 76.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -19.65, 66.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 69.14, 106.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.0611 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.158 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7285, 46.4093, 9.4525)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD2D #352DBD

analogous

#BD7D2D #B5BD2D #6DBD2D

triadic

#B5BD2D #2DB5BD #BD2DB5

tetradic

#B5BD2D #2DBD7D #352DBD #BD2D6D

square

#B5BD2D #2DBD7D #352DBD #BD2D6D

split-complementary

#B5BD2D #2D6DBD #7D2DBD

monochromatic

#565A15 #868C21 #B5BD2D #CED652 #DCE183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B5BD2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#B5BD2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD2D

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD2D	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)

#CCB404

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.158 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd072',
    500: '#b5bd2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd2d;
$custom-light: #cfd072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76749,
    "c": 0.15751,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD2D

secondary

#807BCB

accent

#43E54C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD2D

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

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