#B5BE58#B5BE58

#B5BE58 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.127 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE58
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 88)
HSL	hsl(65, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 53.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -17.45, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 52.66, 109.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0507 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.127 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2317, 47.3559, 16.3045)
Luminance	0.4736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE58 #6158BE

analogous

#BE9458 #B5BE58 #82BE58

triadic

#B5BE58 #58B5BE #BE58B5

tetradic

#B5BE58 #58BE94 #6158BE #BE5882

square

#B5BE58 #58BE94 #6158BE #BE5882

split-complementary

#B5BE58 #5882BE #9458BE

monochromatic

#6A702C #949C3D #B5BE58 #C9CF84 #DCE0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B5BE58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#B5BE58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE58

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE58	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)

#CAB64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.127 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd18a',
    500: '#b5be58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be58;
$custom-light: #cdd18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.294,
    "s": 43.966,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7734,
    "c": 0.12689,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE58

secondary

#A7A3CE

accent

#54D45F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE58

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

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