#B5BF49#B5BF49

#B5BF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.141 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BF49
RGB	rgb(181, 191, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -19.11, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 59.70, 108.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0569 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.141 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8904, 47.5671, 13.4347)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BF49 #5349BF

analogous

#BF8E49 #B5BF49 #7ABF49

triadic

#B5BF49 #49B5BF #BF49B5

tetradic

#B5BF49 #49BF8E #5349BF #BF497A

square

#B5BF49 #49BF8E #5349BF #BF497A

split-complementary

#B5BF49 #497ABF #8E49BF

monochromatic

#636925 #8E9635 #B5BF49 #C7CF76 #DADFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B5BF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#B5BF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BF49

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BF49	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 191, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.141 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced281',
    500: '#b5bf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bf49;
$custom-light: #ced281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.085,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77402,
    "c": 0.14116,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BF49

secondary

#9C98CC

accent

#50D85C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BF49

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

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