#B5BE52#B5BE52

#B5BE52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.132 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE52
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 82)
HSL	hsl(65, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 56.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.36, -17.94, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.36, 55.37, 108.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0527 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.132 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9933, 47.2606, 15.0491)
Luminance	0.4726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE52 #5B52BE

analogous

#BE9152 #B5BE52 #7FBE52

triadic

#B5BE52 #52B5BE #BE52B5

tetradic

#B5BE52 #52BE91 #5B52BE #BE527F

square

#B5BE52 #52BE91 #5B52BE #BE527F

split-complementary

#B5BE52 #527FBE #9152BE

monochromatic

#676D29 #91993A #B5BE52 #C8CF7E #DBDFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B5BE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#B5BE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE52

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE52	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.132 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd186',
    500: '#b5be52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be52;
$custom-light: #cdd186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77272,
    "c": 0.13239,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE52

secondary

#A39FCD

accent

#53D55E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE52

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

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