#B5BD45#B5BD45

#B5BD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.142 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BD45
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 69)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -18.38, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 60.47, 107.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0553 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.142 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3288, 46.6494, 12.6142)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD45 #4D45BD

analogous

#BD8945 #B5BD45 #79BD45

triadic

#B5BD45 #45B5BD #BD45B5

tetradic

#B5BD45 #45BD89 #4D45BD #BD4579

square

#B5BD45 #45BD89 #4D45BD #BD4579

split-complementary

#B5BD45 #4579BD #8945BD

monochromatic

#606424 #8B9134 #B5BD45 #C7CD72 #D9DD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B5BD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#B5BD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD45

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD45	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.142 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced07e',
    500: '#b5bd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd45;
$custom-light: #ced07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76923,
    "c": 0.14205,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD45

secondary

#9894CA

accent

#51D75A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD45

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

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