#B5B048#B5B048

#B5B048 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	#B5B048
RGB	rgb(181, 176, 72)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 60.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -11.55, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 53.76, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0357 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.126 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7523, 41.3434, 12.2264)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B048 #484DB5

analogous

#B57A48 #B5B048 #83B548

triadic

#B5B048 #48B5B0 #B048B5

tetradic

#B5B048 #48B57A #484DB5 #B54883

square

#B5B048 #48B57A #484DB5 #B54883

split-complementary

#B5B048 #4883B5 #7A48B5

monochromatic

#5D5B25 #898537 #B5B048 #C7C373 #D9D69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B5B048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#B5B048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B048

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B048	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)

#BEAA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 176, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.126 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec77f',
    500: '#b5b048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b048;
$custom-light: #cec77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.248,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74098,
    "c": 0.12563,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B048

secondary

#9396C5

accent

#5BD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B048

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

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