#B5BE2B#B5BE2B

#B5BE2B 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	#B5BE2B
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 43)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 77.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -20.23, 67.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 70.13, 106.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0629 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.16 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9068, 46.8259, 9.3265)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE2B #342BBE

analogous

#BE7D2B #B5BE2B #6CBE2B

triadic

#B5BE2B #2BB5BE #BE2BB5

tetradic

#B5BE2B #2BBE7D #342BBE #BE2B6C

square

#B5BE2B #2BBE7D #342BBE #BE2B6C

split-complementary

#B5BE2B #2B6CBE #7D2BBE

monochromatic

#565A14 #858C20 #B5BE2B #CFD74F #DCE281

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B5BE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#B5BE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE2B

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE2B	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)

#C1B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.160 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd171',
    500: '#b5be2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be2b;
$custom-light: #cfd171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.673,
    "s": 63.09,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76961,
    "c": 0.15955,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE2B

secondary

#7F7ACB

accent

#42E64C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE2B

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

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