#B5BE2D#B5BE2D

#B5BE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.159 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE2D
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 45)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 76.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -20.15, 66.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 69.53, 106.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0625 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.159 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9444, 46.8410, 9.5245)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE2D #362DBE

analogous

#BE7E2D #B5BE2D #6CBE2D

triadic

#B5BE2D #2DB5BE #BE2DB5

tetradic

#B5BE2D #2DBE7E #362DBE #BE2D6C

square

#B5BE2D #2DBE7E #362DBE #BE2D6C

split-complementary

#B5BE2D #2D6CBE #7E2DBE

monochromatic

#575B16 #868D21 #B5BE2D #CED652 #DCE284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B5BE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#B5BE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE2D

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE2D	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB503

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.159 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd172',
    500: '#b5be2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be2d;
$custom-light: #cfd172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.724,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76972,
    "c": 0.15855,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE2D

secondary

#817CCB

accent

#43E54D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE2D

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

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