#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
RGB	rgb(181, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -17.86, 49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 52.67, 109.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0518 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.127 114)
XYZ	xyz(39.4908, 47.8073, 16.5966)
Luminance	0.4781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##B5BF59	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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