#B5BE45#B5BE45

#B5BE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.143 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE45
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 63.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -18.88, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 60.91, 108.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0567 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.143 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5447, 47.0811, 12.6862)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE45 #4E45BE

analogous

#BE8A45 #B5BE45 #78BE45

triadic

#B5BE45 #45B5BE #BE45B5

tetradic

#B5BE45 #45BE8A #4E45BE #BE4578

square

#B5BE45 #45BE8A #4E45BE #BE4578

split-complementary

#B5BE45 #4578BE #8A45BE

monochromatic

#606523 #8B9333 #B5BE45 #C7CE72 #D9DEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B5BE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#B5BE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE45

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE45	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.143 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced17f',
    500: '#b5be45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be45;
$custom-light: #ced17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.463,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77144,
    "c": 0.14317,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE45

secondary

#9995CA

accent

#50D85A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE45

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

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