#B5BE35#B5BE35

#B5BE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.154 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE35
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 53)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -19.79, 63.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 66.93, 107.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0608 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.154 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1133, 46.9085, 10.4140)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE35 #3E35BE

analogous

#BE8335 #B5BE35 #70BE35

triadic

#B5BE35 #35B5BE #BE35B5

tetradic

#B5BE35 #35BE83 #3E35BE #BE3570

square

#B5BE35 #35BE83 #3E35BE #BE3570

split-complementary

#B5BE35 #3570BE #8335BE

monochromatic

#5A5E1A #878E28 #B5BE35 #CAD25E #DADF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B5BE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#B5BE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE35

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE35	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)

#CCB51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.154 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd176',
    500: '#b5be35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be35;
$custom-light: #cfd176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.942,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7702,
    "c": 0.1541,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE35

secondary

#8985CA

accent

#48E052

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE35

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

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