#B5B047#B5B047

#B5B047 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.126 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B047
RGB	rgb(181, 176, 71)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 60.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -11.62, 52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 54.20, 102.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.036 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.126 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7199, 41.3305, 12.0560)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B047 #474CB5

analogous

#B57947 #B5B047 #83B547

triadic

#B5B047 #47B5B0 #B047B5

tetradic

#B5B047 #47B579 #474CB5 #B54783

square

#B5B047 #47B579 #474CB5 #B54783

split-complementary

#B5B047 #4783B5 #7947B5

monochromatic

#5D5B25 #898536 #B5B047 #C8C472 #D9D69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B5B047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#B5B047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B047

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B047	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 176, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.126 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec77f',
    500: '#b5b047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b047;
$custom-light: #cec77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74088,
    "c": 0.12646,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B047

secondary

#9395C5

accent

#5AD354

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B047

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

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