#B5BE42#B5BE42

#B5BE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.145 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE42
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -19.07, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 62.11, 107.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0575 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.145 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4539, 47.0448, 12.2081)
Luminance	0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE42 #4B42BE

analogous

#BE8942 #B5BE42 #77BE42

triadic

#B5BE42 #42B5BE #BE42B5

tetradic

#B5BE42 #42BE89 #4B42BE #BE4277

square

#B5BE42 #42BE89 #4B42BE #BE4277

split-complementary

#B5BE42 #4277BE #8942BE

monochromatic

#5F6322 #8A9132 #B5BE42 #C7CE70 #D9DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B5BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#B5BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE42

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE42	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.145 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced17d',
    500: '#b5be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be42;
$custom-light: #ced17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.355,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77118,
    "c": 0.14542,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE42

secondary

#9692CA

accent

#4FD859

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE42

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

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