#B5BF55#B5BF55

#B5BF55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.131 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BF55
RGB	rgb(181, 191, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -18.20, 51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 54.49, 109.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% -0.0531 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.131 114)
XYZ	xyz(39.3273, 47.7419, 15.7360)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BF55 #5F55BF

analogous

#BF9455 #B5BF55 #80BF55

triadic

#B5BF55 #55B5BF #BF55B5

tetradic

#B5BF55 #55BF94 #5F55BF #BF5580

square

#B5BF55 #55BF94 #5F55BF #BF5580

split-complementary

#B5BF55 #5580BF #9455BF

monochromatic

#69702A #939C3B #B5BF55 #C8D081 #DCE0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B5BF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#B5BF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BF55

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BF55	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bf55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 191, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.131 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd288',
    500: '#b5bf55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bf55;
$custom-light: #cdd288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bf55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.66,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77526,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.47741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BF55

secondary

#A6A1CE

accent

#53D55F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BF55

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

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