#B5BD85#B5BD85

#B5BD85 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.076 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BD85
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 133)
HSL	hsl(69, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(69, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 29.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -11.97, 27.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 29.95, 113.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0317 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.076 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4872, 47.9128, 29.2483)
Luminance	0.4791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BD85 #8D85BD

analogous

#BDA985 #B5BD85 #99BD85

triadic

#B5BD85 #85B5BD #BD85B5

tetradic

#B5BD85 #85BDA9 #8D85BD #BD8599

square

#B5BD85 #85BDA9 #8D85BD #BD8599

split-complementary

#B5BD85 #8599BD #A985BD

monochromatic

#798246 #9DA85D #B5BD85 #CDD2AD #E5E8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B5BD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#B5BD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BD85

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BD85	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.076 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0a9',
    500: '#b5bd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bd85;
$custom-light: #cbd0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77826,
    "c": 0.07567,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BD85

secondary

#C8C5D9

accent

#3DA84C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#131410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BD85

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

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