#B5BE49#B5BE49

#B5BE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.140 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE49
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -18.61, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 59.25, 108.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0555 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.14 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6731, 47.1324, 13.3623)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE49 #5249BE

analogous

#BE8D49 #B5BE49 #7BBE49

triadic

#B5BE49 #49B5BE #BE49B5

tetradic

#B5BE49 #49BE8D #5249BE #BE497B

square

#B5BE49 #49BE8D #5249BE #BE497B

split-complementary

#B5BE49 #497BBE #8D49BE

monochromatic

#626825 #8D9535 #B5BE49 #C7CE76 #DADEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B5BE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#B5BE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE49

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE49	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.140 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced181',
    500: '#b5be49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be49;
$custom-light: #ced181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77181,
    "c": 0.14002,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE49

secondary

#9C98CB

accent

#51D75B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE49

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

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