#B5BD38#B5BD38

#B5BD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.151 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BD38
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -19.14, 62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 65.47, 107.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0587 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.151 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9686, 46.5053, 10.7169)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD38 #4038BD

analogous

#BD8238 #B5BD38 #72BD38

triadic

#B5BD38 #38B5BD #BD38B5

tetradic

#B5BD38 #38BD82 #4038BD #BD3872

square

#B5BD38 #38BD82 #4038BD #BD3872

split-complementary

#B5BD38 #3872BD #8238BD

monochromatic

#5B5F1C #888E2A #B5BD38 #CAD062 #DADE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B5BD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#B5BD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD38

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD38	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)

#CBB421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.151 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced077',
    500: '#b5bd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd38;
$custom-light: #ced077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.609,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76819,
    "c": 0.15118,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD38

secondary

#8B87C9

accent

#4ADE53

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD38

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

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