#B5BD39#B5BD39

#B5BD39 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	#B5BD39
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 57)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -19.09, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 65.11, 107.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0585 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.151 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9933, 46.5152, 10.8470)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD39 #4139BD

analogous

#BD8339 #B5BD39 #73BD39

triadic

#B5BD39 #39B5BD #BD39B5

tetradic

#B5BD39 #39BD83 #4139BD #BD3973

square

#B5BD39 #39BD83 #4139BD #BD3973

split-complementary

#B5BD39 #3973BD #8339BD

monochromatic

#5B5F1D #888E2B #B5BD39 #C9D063 #DADE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B5BD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#B5BD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD39

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD39	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)

#CBB423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.151 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced078',
    500: '#b5bd39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd39;
$custom-light: #ced078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.636,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76826,
    "c": 0.15054,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD39

secondary

#8C89C9

accent

#4BDD54

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD39

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

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