#B5BD36#B5BD36

#B5BD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.152 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BD36
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 54)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -19.24, 63.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 66.18, 106.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0592 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.152 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9207, 46.4861, 10.4645)
Luminance	0.4648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD36 #3E36BD

analogous

#BD8236 #B5BD36 #71BD36

triadic

#B5BD36 #36B5BD #BD36B5

tetradic

#B5BD36 #36BD82 #3E36BD #BD3671

square

#B5BD36 #36BD82 #3E36BD #BD3671

split-complementary

#B5BD36 #3671BD #8236BD

monochromatic

#5A5E1B #878D28 #B5BD36 #CAD15F #DADF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B5BD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#B5BD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD36

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD36	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB41D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.152 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd076',
    500: '#b5bd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd36;
$custom-light: #cfd076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76805,
    "c": 0.15244,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD36

secondary

#8985C9

accent

#49DF52

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD36

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

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