#B5BE55#B5BE55

#B5BE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.130 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE55
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -17.70, 51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 54.02, 109.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.0517 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.13 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1100, 47.3072, 15.6635)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE55 #5E55BE

analogous

#BE9355 #B5BE55 #81BE55

triadic

#B5BE55 #55B5BE #BE55B5

tetradic

#B5BE55 #55BE93 #5E55BE #BE5581

square

#B5BE55 #55BE93 #5E55BE #BE5581

split-complementary

#B5BE55 #5581BE #9355BE

monochromatic

#696E2A #929B3B #B5BE55 #C8CF81 #DCE0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B5BE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#B5BE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE55

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE55	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)

#CAB64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.130 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd188',
    500: '#b5be55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be55;
$custom-light: #cdd188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.143,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77306,
    "c": 0.12968,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE55

secondary

#A5A1CE

accent

#53D45E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE55

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

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