#B5BE33#B5BE33

#B5BE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.155 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE33
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 51)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 73.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -19.88, 64.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 67.61, 107.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0613 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.155 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0682, 46.8905, 10.1767)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE33 #3C33BE

analogous

#BE8233 #B5BE33 #70BE33

triadic

#B5BE33 #33B5BE #BE33B5

tetradic

#B5BE33 #33BE82 #3C33BE #BE3370

square

#B5BE33 #33BE82 #3C33BE #BE3370

split-complementary

#B5BE33 #3370BE #8233BE

monochromatic

#595E19 #878E26 #B5BE33 #CBD35B #DBE08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B5BE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#B5BE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE33

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE33	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.155 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd175',
    500: '#b5be33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be33;
$custom-light: #cfd175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.885,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77007,
    "c": 0.15528,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE33

secondary

#8783CA

accent

#47E151

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE33

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

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