#B5BE37#B5BE37

#B5BE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.153 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE37
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -19.69, 63.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 66.23, 107.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0603 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.153 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1602, 46.9273, 10.6614)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE37 #4037BE

analogous

#BE8337 #B5BE37 #71BE37

triadic

#B5BE37 #37B5BE #BE37B5

tetradic

#B5BE37 #37BE83 #4037BE #BE3771

square

#B5BE37 #37BE83 #4037BE #BE3771

split-complementary

#B5BE37 #3771BE #8337BE

monochromatic

#5B5F1C #888F29 #B5BE37 #CAD161 #DADF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B5BE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#B5BE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE37

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE37	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.153 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd177',
    500: '#b5be37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be37;
$custom-light: #cfd177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77034,
    "c": 0.15289,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE37

secondary

#8B87CA

accent

#49DE53

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE37

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

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