#B5BE56#B5BE56

#B5BE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.129 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE56
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -17.62, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 53.57, 109.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0514 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.129 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1500, 47.3232, 15.8742)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE56 #5F56BE

analogous

#BE9356 #B5BE56 #81BE56

triadic

#B5BE56 #56B5BE #BE56B5

tetradic

#B5BE56 #56BE93 #5F56BE #BE5681

square

#B5BE56 #56BE93 #5F56BE #BE5681

split-complementary

#B5BE56 #5681BE #9356BE

monochromatic

#696F2B #939B3C #B5BE56 #C8CF82 #DCE0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B5BE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#B5BE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE56

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE56	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)

#CAB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.129 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd189',
    500: '#b5be56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be56;
$custom-light: #cdd189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.192,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77317,
    "c": 0.12875,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE56

secondary

#A6A2CE

accent

#54D45F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE56

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

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