#B5BF42#B5BF42

#B5BF42 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 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BF42
RGB	rgb(181, 191, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -19.57, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 62.54, 108.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0589 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.147 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6712, 47.4794, 12.2805)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BF42 #4C42BF

analogous

#BF8A42 #B5BF42 #76BF42

triadic

#B5BF42 #42B5BF #BF42B5

tetradic

#B5BF42 #42BF8A #4C42BF #BF4276

square

#B5BF42 #42BF8A #4C42BF #BF4276

split-complementary

#B5BF42 #4276BF #8A42BF

monochromatic

#5F6522 #8B9232 #B5BF42 #C7CE70 #D9DE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B5BF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#B5BF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BF42

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BF42	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 191, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.147 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced27d',
    500: '#b5bf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bf42;
$custom-light: #ced27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7734,
    "c": 0.14654,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BF42

secondary

#9793CA

accent

#4FD95A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BF42

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

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