#B5B135#B5B135

#B5B135 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.141 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B135
RGB	rgb(181, 177, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -13.21, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 61.88, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0424 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.141 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4221, 41.5263, 9.5169)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B135 #3539B5

analogous

#B57135 #B5B135 #79B535

triadic

#B5B135 #35B5B1 #B135B5

tetradic

#B5B135 #35B571 #3539B5 #B53579

square

#B5B135 #35B571 #3539B5 #B53579

split-complementary

#B5B135 #3579B5 #7135B5

monochromatic

#565419 #868327 #B5B135 #CECB59 #DCDA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B5B135 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#B5B135 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B135

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B135	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B135	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b135;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 177, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.141 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc874',
    500: '#b5b135',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b135;
$custom-light: #cfc874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b135",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74152,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B135

secondary

#8082C6

accent

#4EDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B135

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

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