#B5BE4E#B5BE4E

#B5BE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.136 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE4E
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(65, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 58.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -18.25, 54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 57.12, 108.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.054 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.136 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8456, 47.2014, 14.2707)
Luminance	0.4720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE4E #574EBE

analogous

#BE8F4E #B5BE4E #7DBE4E

triadic

#B5BE4E #4EB5BE #BE4EB5

tetradic

#B5BE4E #4EBE8F #574EBE #BE4E7D

square

#B5BE4E #4EBE8F #574EBE #BE4E7D

split-complementary

#B5BE4E #4E7DBE #8F4EBE

monochromatic

#656A27 #909738 #B5BE4E #C8CE7B #DADFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B5BE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#B5BE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE4E

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE4E	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.136 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced184',
    500: '#b5be4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be4e;
$custom-light: #ced184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.821,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7723,
    "c": 0.13588,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE4E

secondary

#9F9CCC

accent

#52D65C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE4E

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

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