#B5BD43#B5BD43

#B5BD43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.144 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BD43
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 67)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -18.51, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 61.28, 107.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0559 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.144 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2678, 46.6250, 12.2927)
Luminance	0.4662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD43 #4B43BD

analogous

#BD8843 #B5BD43 #78BD43

triadic

#B5BD43 #43B5BD #BD43B5

tetradic

#B5BD43 #43BD88 #4B43BD #BD4378

square

#B5BD43 #43BD88 #4B43BD #BD4378

split-complementary

#B5BD43 #4378BD #8843BD

monochromatic

#5F6323 #8A9033 #B5BD43 #C7CD70 #D9DD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B5BD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#B5BD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD43

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD43	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)

#CBB433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.144 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced07d',
    500: '#b5bd43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd43;
$custom-light: #ced07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.934,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76905,
    "c": 0.14356,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD43

secondary

#9693C9

accent

#50D859

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD43

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

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