#B5BD4A#B5BD4A

#B5BD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.138 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BD4A
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 74)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, -18.04, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 58.39, 107.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0538 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.138 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4906, 46.7141, 13.4663)
Luminance	0.4671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD4A #524ABD

analogous

#BD8C4A #B5BD4A #7CBD4A

triadic

#B5BD4A #4AB5BD #BD4AB5

tetradic

#B5BD4A #4ABD8C #524ABD #BD4A7C

square

#B5BD4A #4ABD8C #524ABD #BD4A7C

split-complementary

#B5BD4A #4A7CBD #8C4ABD

monochromatic

#626726 #8D9436 #B5BD4A #C7CD77 #DADEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B5BD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#B5BD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD4A

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD4A	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)

#CAB53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.138 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced081',
    500: '#b5bd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd4a;
$custom-light: #ced081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.174,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76969,
    "c": 0.13807,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD4A

secondary

#9C98CB

accent

#52D65B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD4A

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

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