#B5BE4B#B5BE4B

#B5BE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.138 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE4B
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 75)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 60.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, -18.47, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 58.41, 108.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0549 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.138 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7404, 47.1594, 13.7171)
Luminance	0.4716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE4B #544BBE

analogous

#BE8E4B #B5BE4B #7BBE4B

triadic

#B5BE4B #4BB5BE #BE4BB5

tetradic

#B5BE4B #4BBE8E #544BBE #BE4B7B

square

#B5BE4B #4BBE8E #544BBE #BE4B7B

split-complementary

#B5BE4B #4B7BBE #8E4BBE

monochromatic

#646926 #8E9636 #B5BE4B #C7CE78 #DADEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B5BE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#B5BE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE4B

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE4B	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)

#CBB53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.138 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced182',
    500: '#b5be4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be4b;
$custom-light: #ced182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.696,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.772,
    "c": 0.1384,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE4B

secondary

#9D99CC

accent

#51D75C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE4B

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

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