#B5BE2A#B5BE2A

#B5BE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.160 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE2A
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 42)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 77.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -20.27, 67.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 70.42, 106.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0631 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.16 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8887, 46.8187, 9.2311)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE2A #332ABE

analogous

#BE7D2A #B5BE2A #6BBE2A

triadic

#B5BE2A #2AB5BE #BE2AB5

tetradic

#B5BE2A #2ABE7D #332ABE #BE2A6B

square

#B5BE2A #2ABE7D #332ABE #BE2A6B

split-complementary

#B5BE2A #2A6BBE #7D2ABE

monochromatic

#565A14 #858C1F #B5BE2A #CFD84D #DDE380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B5BE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#B5BE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE2A

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE2A	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.160 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd171',
    500: '#b5be2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be2a;
$custom-light: #cfd171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.649,
    "s": 63.793,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76956,
    "c": 0.16004,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE2A

secondary

#7D78CB

accent

#41E74B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE2A

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

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