#B5BE21#B5BE21

#B5BE21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.164 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE21
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 33)
HSL	hsl(63, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 83%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 82.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -20.57, 69.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 72.81, 106.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0645 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.164 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7453, 46.7613, 8.4761)
Luminance	0.4676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE21 #2A21BE

analogous

#BE7821 #B5BE21 #67BE21

triadic

#B5BE21 #21B5BE #BE21B5

tetradic

#B5BE21 #21BE78 #2A21BE #BE2167

square

#B5BE21 #21BE78 #2A21BE #BE2167

split-complementary

#B5BE21 #2167BE #7821BE

monochromatic

#52560F #838A18 #B5BE21 #D4DE3F #E0E773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B5BE21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#B5BE21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE21

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE21	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)

#CDB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.164 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd16d',
    500: '#b5be21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be21;
$custom-light: #cfd16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.439,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76915,
    "c": 0.16392,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE21

secondary

#736DCD

accent

#3BED45

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE21

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

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