#B5BE40#B5BE40

#B5BE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.147 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE40
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -19.19, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 62.89, 107.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0581 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.147 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3960, 47.0216, 11.9029)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE40 #4940BE

analogous

#BE8840 #B5BE40 #76BE40

triadic

#B5BE40 #40B5BE #BE40B5

tetradic

#B5BE40 #40BE88 #4940BE #BE4076

square

#B5BE40 #40BE88 #4940BE #BE4076

split-complementary

#B5BE40 #4076BE #8840BE

monochromatic

#5E6221 #899031 #B5BE40 #C7CE6D #D9DD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B5BE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#B5BE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE40

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE40	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.147 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced17c',
    500: '#b5be40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be40;
$custom-light: #ced17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77101,
    "c": 0.14688,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE40

secondary

#9490C9

accent

#4FD959

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE40

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

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