#B5BD33#B5BD33

#B5BD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.154 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BD33
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 51)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -19.39, 64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 67.21, 106.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0599 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.154 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8524, 46.4588, 10.1048)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD33 #3B33BD

analogous

#BD8033 #B5BD33 #70BD33

triadic

#B5BD33 #33B5BD #BD33B5

tetradic

#B5BD33 #33BD80 #3B33BD #BD3370

square

#B5BD33 #33BD80 #3B33BD #BD3370

split-complementary

#B5BD33 #3370BD #8033BD

monochromatic

#595D19 #878D26 #B5BD33 #CCD35B #DBE08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B5BD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#B5BD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD33

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD33	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)

#CBB417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.154 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd075',
    500: '#b5bd33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd33;
$custom-light: #cfd075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.478,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76785,
    "c": 0.15423,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD33

secondary

#8682CA

accent

#47E150

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD33

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

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