#B5BD32#B5BD32

#B5BD32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.155 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BD32
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 50)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -19.43, 64.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 67.54, 106.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0601 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.155 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8306, 46.4501, 9.9899)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD32 #3A32BD

analogous

#BD8032 #B5BD32 #70BD32

triadic

#B5BD32 #32B5BD #BD32B5

tetradic

#B5BD32 #32BD80 #3A32BD #BD3270

square

#B5BD32 #32BD80 #3A32BD #BD3270

split-complementary

#B5BD32 #3270BD #8032BD

monochromatic

#585C18 #878D25 #B5BD32 #CCD359 #DBE089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B5BD32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#B5BD32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD32

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD32	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.155 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd074',
    500: '#b5bd32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd32;
$custom-light: #cfd074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.453,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76779,
    "c": 0.1548,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD32

secondary

#8581CA

accent

#46E14F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD32

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

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