#B5BE53#B5BE53

#B5BE53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.131 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE53
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 83)
HSL	hsl(65, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 56.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -17.86, 51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 54.92, 108.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0524 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.131 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0317, 47.2759, 15.2510)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE53 #5C53BE

analogous

#BE9153 #B5BE53 #7FBE53

triadic

#B5BE53 #53B5BE #BE53B5

tetradic

#B5BE53 #53BE91 #5C53BE #BE537F

square

#B5BE53 #53BE91 #5C53BE #BE537F

split-complementary

#B5BE53 #537FBE #9153BE

monochromatic

#686D29 #929A3A #B5BE53 #C8CF7F #DBE0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B5BE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#B5BE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE53

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE53	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.131 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd187',
    500: '#b5be53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be53;
$custom-light: #cdd187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.047,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77283,
    "c": 0.13149,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE53

secondary

#A39FCD

accent

#53D55E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE53

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

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