#B5BE59#B5BE59

#B5BE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.126 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE59
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -17.36, 49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 52.20, 109.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0503 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.126 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2734, 47.3726, 16.5242)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE59 #6259BE

analogous

#BE9559 #B5BE59 #82BE59

triadic

#B5BE59 #59B5BE #BE59B5

tetradic

#B5BE59 #59BE95 #6259BE #BE5982

square

#B5BE59 #59BE95 #6259BE #BE5982

split-complementary

#B5BE59 #5982BE #9559BE

monochromatic

#6A712C #949D3D #B5BE59 #C9CF85 #DCE0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B5BE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#B5BE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE59

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE59	1.00	2.00	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.00	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)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.126 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd18b',
    500: '#b5be59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be59;
$custom-light: #cdd18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.347,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77352,
    "c": 0.12593,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE59

secondary

#A8A4CF

accent

#54D360

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE59

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

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