#B5BD2E#B5BD2E

#B5BD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.157 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BD2E
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 46)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -19.61, 65.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 68.83, 106.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0609 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.157 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7480, 46.4171, 9.5551)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD2E #362EBD

analogous

#BD7D2E #B5BD2E #6DBD2E

triadic

#B5BD2E #2EB5BD #BD2EB5

tetradic

#B5BD2E #2EBD7D #362EBD #BD2E6D

square

#B5BD2E #2EBD7D #362EBD #BD2E6D

split-complementary

#B5BD2E #2E6DBD #7D2EBD

monochromatic

#575B16 #868C22 #B5BD2E #CED553 #DCE184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B5BD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#B5BD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD2E

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD2E	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)

#CBB408

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.157 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd072',
    500: '#b5bd2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd2e;
$custom-light: #cfd072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.357,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76755,
    "c": 0.15699,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD2E

secondary

#817CCA

accent

#44E44D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD2E

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

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