#B5BD4E#B5BD4E

#B5BD4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.135 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BD4E
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(64, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -17.75, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 56.67, 108.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0526 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.135 113)
XYZ	xyz(38.6297, 46.7698, 14.1988)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD4E #564EBD

analogous

#BD8D4E #B5BD4E #7EBD4E

triadic

#B5BD4E #4EB5BD #BD4EB5

tetradic

#B5BD4E #4EBD8D #564EBD #BD4E7E

square

#B5BD4E #4EBD8D #564EBD #BD4E7E

split-complementary

#B5BD4E #4E7EBD #8D4EBD

monochromatic

#656927 #8F9638 #B5BD4E #C8CE7B #DADEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B5BD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#B5BD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD4E

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD4E	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.135 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced084',
    500: '#b5bd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd4e;
$custom-light: #ced084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.324,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77009,
    "c": 0.13472,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.46769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD4E

secondary

#9F9BCC

accent

#52D55C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD4E

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

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