#B5BD41#B5BD41

#B5BD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.145 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BD41
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 65)
HSL	hsl(64, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -18.63, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 62.08, 107.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0564 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.145 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2088, 46.6014, 11.9822)
Luminance	0.4660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD41 #4941BD

analogous

#BD8741 #B5BD41 #77BD41

triadic

#B5BD41 #41B5BD #BD41B5

tetradic

#B5BD41 #41BD87 #4941BD #BD4177

square

#B5BD41 #41BD87 #4941BD #BD4177

split-complementary

#B5BD41 #4177BD #8741BD

monochromatic

#5E6222 #898F31 #B5BD41 #C7CD6E #D9DD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B5BD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#B5BD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD41

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD41	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	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)

#CBB430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.145 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced07c',
    500: '#b5bd41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd41;
$custom-light: #ced07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76888,
    "c": 0.14504,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD41

secondary

#9491C9

accent

#4FD858

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD41

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

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