#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
RGBrgb(181, 190, 87)
HSLhsl(65, 44%, 54%)
HSVhsv(65, 54%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(4.7%, 0%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(74.41, -17.53, 50.14)
CIE-LCHlch(74.41, 53.12, 109.27°)
OKLaboklab(77.33% -0.051 0.1172)
OKLCHoklch(77.33% 0.128 113.5)
XYZxyz(39.1906, 47.3395, 16.0879)
Luminance0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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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
##B5BE571.002.0110.4710.47
#FFFFFF2.011.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4721.001.001.00
##00000010.4721.001.001.00

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

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#B5BE57 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva