#B5BE57#B5BE57

#B5BE57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.128 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE57
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -17.53, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 53.12, 109.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.051 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.128 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1906, 47.3395, 16.0879)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE57 #6057BE

analogous

#BE9457 #B5BE57 #82BE57

triadic

#B5BE57 #57B5BE #BE57B5

tetradic

#B5BE57 #57BE94 #6057BE #BE5782

square

#B5BE57 #57BE94 #6057BE #BE5782

split-complementary

#B5BE57 #5782BE #9457BE

monochromatic

#6A6F2B #939C3C #B5BE57 #C8CF83 #DCE0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B5BE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#B5BE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE57

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE57	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.128 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd18a',
    500: '#b5be57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be57;
$custom-light: #cdd18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.243,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77329,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE57

secondary

#A6A3CE

accent

#54D45F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE57

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

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