#B5BE3A#B5BE3A

#B5BE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.151 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE3A
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 58)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 69.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -19.53, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 65.16, 107.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0596 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.151 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2343, 46.9570, 11.0517)
Luminance	0.4696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE3A #433ABE

analogous

#BE853A #B5BE3A #73BE3A

triadic

#B5BE3A #3AB5BE #BE3AB5

tetradic

#B5BE3A #3ABE85 #433ABE #BE3A73

square

#B5BE3A #3ABE85 #433ABE #BE3A73

split-complementary

#B5BE3A #3A73BE #853ABE

monochromatic

#5C601D #888F2C #B5BE3A #C9D065 #D9DE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B5BE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#B5BE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE3A

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE3A	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)

#CCB524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.151 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced178',
    500: '#b5be3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be3a;
$custom-light: #ced178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.091,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77055,
    "c": 0.15097,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE3A

secondary

#8F8ACA

accent

#4BDD55

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE3A

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

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