#B5BE47#B5BE47

#B5BE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.142 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE47
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 71)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 62.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -18.75, 57.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 60.09, 108.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0561 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.142 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6078, 47.1064, 13.0186)
Luminance	0.4711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE47 #5047BE

analogous

#BE8B47 #B5BE47 #79BE47

triadic

#B5BE47 #47B5BE #BE47B5

tetradic

#B5BE47 #47BE8B #5047BE #BE4779

square

#B5BE47 #47BE8B #5047BE #BE4779

split-complementary

#B5BE47 #4779BE #8B47BE

monochromatic

#616624 #8C9434 #B5BE47 #C7CE74 #D9DEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B5BE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#B5BE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE47

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE47	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)

#CBB538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.142 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced180',
    500: '#b5be47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be47;
$custom-light: #ced180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.538,
    "s": 47.791,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77162,
    "c": 0.14161,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE47

secondary

#9A96CB

accent

#50D75B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE47

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

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