#B5BF41#B5BF41

#B5BF41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.147 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BF41
RGB	rgb(181, 191, 65)
HSL	hsl(65, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 66%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -19.63, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 62.93, 108.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0592 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.147 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6420, 47.4678, 12.1266)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BF41 #4B41BF

analogous

#BF8A41 #B5BF41 #76BF41

triadic

#B5BF41 #41B5BF #BF41B5

tetradic

#B5BF41 #41BF8A #4B41BF #BF4176

square

#B5BF41 #41BF8A #4B41BF #BF4176

split-complementary

#B5BF41 #4176BF #8A41BF

monochromatic

#5F6422 #8A9231 #B5BF41 #C7CE6F #D9DE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B5BF41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#B5BF41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BF41

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BF41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BF41	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB62F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bf41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 191, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.147 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced27c',
    500: '#b5bf41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bf41;
$custom-light: #ced27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bf41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.762,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77331,
    "c": 0.14726,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BF41

secondary

#9692CA

accent

#4FD95A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BF41

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

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