#B5B044#B5B044

#B5B044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.129 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B044
RGB	rgb(181, 176, 68)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 62.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -11.82, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 55.50, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0369 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.129 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6260, 41.2929, 11.5614)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B044 #4449B5

analogous

#B57844 #B5B044 #82B544

triadic

#B5B044 #44B5B0 #B044B5

tetradic

#B5B044 #44B578 #4449B5 #B54482

square

#B5B044 #44B578 #4449B5 #B54482

split-complementary

#B5B044 #4482B5 #7844B5

monochromatic

#5C5923 #898533 #B5B044 #C8C46E #D9D69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B5B044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#B5B044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B044

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B044	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 176, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.129 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec77d',
    500: '#b5b044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b044;
$custom-light: #cec77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.345,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74058,
    "c": 0.12894,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B044

secondary

#9092C5

accent

#59D553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B044

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

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