#B5BF59#B5BF59

#B5BF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.127 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B5BF59
RGBrgb(181, 191, 89)
HSLhsl(66, 44%, 55%)
HSVhsv(66, 53%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(5.2%, 0%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(74.70, -17.86, 49.55)
CIE-LCHlch(74.70, 52.67, 109.83°)
OKLaboklab(77.57% -0.0518 0.1161)
OKLCHoklch(77.57% 0.127 114)
XYZxyz(39.4908, 47.8073, 16.5966)
Luminance0.4781 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B5BF59 #6359BF
analogous
#BF9659 #B5BF59 #82BF59
triadic
#B5BF59 #59B5BF #BF59B5
tetradic
#B5BF59 #59BF96 #6359BF #BF5982
square
#B5BF59 #59BF96 #6359BF #BF5982
split-complementary
#B5BF59 #5982BF #9659BF
monochromatic
#6B722C #949E3D #B5BF59 #C9D085 #DCE1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99
#B5BF59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56
#B5BF59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BF59
10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B5BF59#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B5BF591.001.9910.5610.56
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5621.001.001.00
##00000010.5621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBB74F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CBB95F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BFB5A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b5bf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.127 114.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd28b',
    500: '#b5bf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b5bf59;
$custom-light: #cdd28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b5bf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.882,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77573,
    "c": 0.12714,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.47807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B5BF59
secondary
#A9A4CF
accent
#54D460
background
#FCFCF8
surface
#F9F9F0
border
#D2D2CB
text
#14140C
muted
#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BF59

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#B5BF59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva