#B5BE4F#B5BE4F

#B5BE4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.135 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE4F
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 79)
HSL	hsl(65, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 58.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -18.17, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 56.69, 108.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0537 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.135 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8817, 47.2159, 14.4610)
Luminance	0.4722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE4F #584FBE

analogous

#BE904F #B5BE4F #7DBE4F

triadic

#B5BE4F #4FB5BE #BE4FB5

tetradic

#B5BE4F #4FBE90 #584FBE #BE4F7D

square

#B5BE4F #4FBE90 #584FBE #BE4F7D

split-complementary

#B5BE4F #4F7DBE #904FBE

monochromatic

#666B28 #909838 #B5BE4F #C8CF7C #DBDFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B5BE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#B5BE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE4F

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE4F	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)

#CBB643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.135 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced185',
    500: '#b5be4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be4f;
$custom-light: #ced185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.865,
    "s": 46.058,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7724,
    "c": 0.13502,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE4F

secondary

#A09CCC

accent

#52D65D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE4F

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

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