#B5BD40#B5BD40

#B5BD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.146 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BD40
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -18.69, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 62.47, 107.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0567 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.146 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1801, 46.5899, 11.8310)
Luminance	0.4659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD40 #4840BD

analogous

#BD8740 #B5BD40 #77BD40

triadic

#B5BD40 #40B5BD #BD40B5

tetradic

#B5BD40 #40BD87 #4840BD #BD4077

square

#B5BD40 #40BD87 #4840BD #BD4077

split-complementary

#B5BD40 #4077BD #8740BD

monochromatic

#5D6221 #898F31 #B5BD40 #C7CD6D #D9DD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B5BD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#B5BD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD40

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD40	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB42E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.146 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced07c',
    500: '#b5bd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd40;
$custom-light: #ced07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.84,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7688,
    "c": 0.14577,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD40

secondary

#9390C9

accent

#4FD958

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD40

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

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