#B5B035#B5B035

#B5B035 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.140 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B035
RGB	rgb(181, 176, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -12.70, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 61.51, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.041 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.14 107)
XYZ	xyz(35.2253, 41.1327, 9.4513)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B035 #353AB5

analogous

#B57035 #B5B035 #7AB535

triadic

#B5B035 #35B5B0 #B035B5

tetradic

#B5B035 #35B570 #353AB5 #B5357A

square

#B5B035 #35B570 #353AB5 #B5357A

split-complementary

#B5B035 #357AB5 #7035B5

monochromatic

#565419 #868227 #B5B035 #CECA59 #DCD988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B5B035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#B5B035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B035

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B035	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 176, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.140 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc774',
    500: '#b5b035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b035;
$custom-light: #cfc774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.656,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73933,
    "c": 0.13982,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.41131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B035

secondary

#8082C6

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B035

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

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