#B5BF56#B5BF56

#B5BF56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.130 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BF56
RGB	rgb(181, 191, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -18.12, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 54.04, 109.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0528 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.13 114)
XYZ	xyz(39.3674, 47.7579, 15.9467)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BF56 #6056BF

analogous

#BF9556 #B5BF56 #81BF56

triadic

#B5BF56 #56B5BF #BF56B5

tetradic

#B5BF56 #56BF95 #6056BF #BF5681

square

#B5BF56 #56BF95 #6056BF #BF5681

split-complementary

#B5BF56 #5681BF #9556BF

monochromatic

#6A702A #939D3B #B5BF56 #C8D082 #DCE1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B5BF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#B5BF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BF56

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BF56	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)

#CBB74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 191, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.130 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd289',
    500: '#b5bf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bf56;
$custom-light: #cdd289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77538,
    "c": 0.12995,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.47757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BF56

secondary

#A6A2CF

accent

#53D55F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BF56

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

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