#B5BE3B#B5BE3B

#B5BE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.150 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE3B
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 59)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -19.48, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 64.79, 107.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0594 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.15 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2600, 46.9672, 11.1869)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE3B #443BBE

analogous

#BE863B #B5BE3B #74BE3B

triadic

#B5BE3B #3BB5BE #BE3BB5

tetradic

#B5BE3B #3BBE86 #443BBE #BE3B74

square

#B5BE3B #3BBE86 #443BBE #BE3B74

split-complementary

#B5BE3B #3B74BE #863BBE

monochromatic

#5C611E #898F2C #B5BE3B #C8D067 #D9DE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B5BE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#B5BE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE3B

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE3B	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)

#CCB526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.150 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced179',
    500: '#b5be3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be3b;
$custom-light: #ced179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.122,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77062,
    "c": 0.15032,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE3B

secondary

#908BCA

accent

#4CDC56

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE3B

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

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