#B5BF52#B5BF52

#B5BF52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.134 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BF52
RGB	rgb(181, 191, 82)
HSL	hsl(66, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 57.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -18.44, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 55.83, 109.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.0541 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.134 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2107, 47.6952, 15.1215)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BF52 #5C52BF

analogous

#BF9252 #B5BF52 #7EBF52

triadic

#B5BF52 #52B5BF #BF52B5

tetradic

#B5BF52 #52BF92 #5C52BF #BF527E

square

#B5BF52 #52BF92 #5C52BF #BF527E

split-complementary

#B5BF52 #527EBF #9252BF

monochromatic

#686E29 #929B39 #B5BF52 #C8D07F #DBE0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B5BF52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#B5BF52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BF52

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BF52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BF52	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bf52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 191, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.134 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd286',
    500: '#b5bf52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bf52;
$custom-light: #cdd286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bf52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.505,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77493,
    "c": 0.13357,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BF52

secondary

#A39FCE

accent

#52D65E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BF52

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

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