#B5BE39#B5BE39

#B5BE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.152 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE39
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 57)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -19.59, 62.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 65.52, 107.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0599 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.152 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2092, 46.9469, 10.9190)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE39 #4239BE

analogous

#BE8439 #B5BE39 #72BE39

triadic

#B5BE39 #39B5BE #BE39B5

tetradic

#B5BE39 #39BE84 #4239BE #BE3972

square

#B5BE39 #39BE84 #4239BE #BE3972

split-complementary

#B5BE39 #3972BE #8439BE

monochromatic

#5B601D #888F2B #B5BE39 #C9D064 #D9DF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B5BE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#B5BE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE39

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE39	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)

#CCB523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.152 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced178',
    500: '#b5be39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be39;
$custom-light: #ced178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.06,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77048,
    "c": 0.15162,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE39

secondary

#8E89CA

accent

#4BDD55

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE39

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

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