#B5BE31#B5BE31

#B5BE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.156 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE31
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 49)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -19.98, 65.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 68.26, 107.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0617 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.156 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0251, 46.8732, 9.9495)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE31 #3A31BE

analogous

#BE8131 #B5BE31 #6FBE31

triadic

#B5BE31 #31B5BE #BE31B5

tetradic

#B5BE31 #31BE81 #3A31BE #BE316F

square

#B5BE31 #31BE81 #3A31BE #BE316F

split-complementary

#B5BE31 #316FBE #8131BE

monochromatic

#585D18 #878D24 #B5BE31 #CCD458 #DBE189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B5BE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#B5BE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE31

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE31	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	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)

#CCB511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.156 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd174',
    500: '#b5be31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be31;
$custom-light: #cfd174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.83,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76995,
    "c": 0.15641,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE31

secondary

#8580CA

accent

#46E250

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE31

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

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