#B5B045#B5B045

#B5B045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.128 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B045
RGB	rgb(181, 176, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 61.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -11.76, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 55.07, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0366 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.128 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6568, 41.3052, 11.7235)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B045 #454AB5

analogous

#B57845 #B5B045 #82B545

triadic

#B5B045 #45B5B0 #B045B5

tetradic

#B5B045 #45B578 #454AB5 #B54582

square

#B5B045 #45B578 #454AB5 #B54582

split-complementary

#B5B045 #4582B5 #7845B5

monochromatic

#5C5A23 #898534 #B5B045 #C8C46F #D9D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B5B045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#B5B045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B045

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B045	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)

#BEAA38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 176, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.128 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec77d',
    500: '#b5b045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b045;
$custom-light: #cec77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.321,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74068,
    "c": 0.12812,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B045

secondary

#9193C5

accent

#59D553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B045

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

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