#B5BD48#B5BD48

#B5BD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.140 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BD48
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 72)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -18.18, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 59.24, 107.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0544 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.14 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4243, 46.6876, 13.1171)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD48 #5048BD

analogous

#BD8A48 #B5BD48 #7ABD48

triadic

#B5BD48 #48B5BD #BD48B5

tetradic

#B5BD48 #48BD8A #5048BD #BD487A

square

#B5BD48 #48BD8A #5048BD #BD487A

split-complementary

#B5BD48 #487ABD #8A48BD

monochromatic

#616625 #8C9335 #B5BD48 #C7CD75 #D9DDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B5BD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#B5BD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD48

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD48	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.140 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced080',
    500: '#b5bd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd48;
$custom-light: #ced080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.103,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7695,
    "c": 0.1397,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD48

secondary

#9A97CA

accent

#51D75A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD48

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

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