#B5BD47#B5BD47

#B5BD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.140 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BD47
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 71)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -18.25, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 59.65, 107.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0547 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.14 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3920, 46.6747, 12.9467)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD47 #4F47BD

analogous

#BD8A47 #B5BD47 #7ABD47

triadic

#B5BD47 #47B5BD #BD47B5

tetradic

#B5BD47 #47BD8A #4F47BD #BD477A

square

#B5BD47 #47BD8A #4F47BD #BD477A

split-complementary

#B5BD47 #477ABD #8A47BD

monochromatic

#616524 #8C9234 #B5BD47 #C7CD74 #D9DDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B5BD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#B5BD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD47

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD47	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)

#CAB538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.140 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced080',
    500: '#b5bd47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd47;
$custom-light: #ced080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.068,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76941,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD47

secondary

#9996CA

accent

#51D75A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD47

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

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