#B5BD37#B5BD37

#B5BD37 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	#B5BD37
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -19.19, 62.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 65.83, 106.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.059 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.152 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9444, 46.4956, 10.5894)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD37 #3F37BD

analogous

#BD8237 #B5BD37 #72BD37

triadic

#B5BD37 #37B5BD #BD37B5

tetradic

#B5BD37 #37BD82 #3F37BD #BD3772

square

#B5BD37 #37BD82 #3F37BD #BD3772

split-complementary

#B5BD37 #3772BD #8237BD

monochromatic

#5A5E1B #888E29 #B5BD37 #CAD160 #DADF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B5BD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#B5BD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD37

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD37	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)

#CBB41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.152 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd077',
    500: '#b5bd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd37;
$custom-light: #cfd077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.582,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76812,
    "c": 0.15182,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD37

secondary

#8A86C9

accent

#4ADE52

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD37

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

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