#B5BD3E#B5BD3E

#B5BD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.147 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BD3E
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 62)
HSL	hsl(64, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -18.81, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 63.24, 107.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0572 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.147 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1242, 46.5676, 11.5366)
Luminance	0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD3E #463EBD

analogous

#BD863E #B5BD3E #75BD3E

triadic

#B5BD3E #3EB5BD #BD3EB5

tetradic

#B5BD3E #3EBD86 #463EBD #BD3E75

square

#B5BD3E #3EBD86 #463EBD #BD3E75

split-complementary

#B5BD3E #3E75BD #863EBD

monochromatic

#5D6120 #898F2F #B5BD3E #C8CE6A #D9DD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B5BD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#B5BD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD3E

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD3E	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.147 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced07a',
    500: '#b5bd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd3e;
$custom-light: #ced07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.78,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76864,
    "c": 0.14719,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD3E

secondary

#928EC9

accent

#4EDA57

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD3E

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

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