#B5B137#B5B137

#B5B137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.139 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B137
RGB	rgb(181, 177, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -13.11, 59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 61.14, 102.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0419 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.139 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4691, 41.5450, 9.7643)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B137 #373BB5

analogous

#B57237 #B5B137 #7AB537

triadic

#B5B137 #37B5B1 #B137B5

tetradic

#B5B137 #37B572 #373BB5 #B5377A

square

#B5B137 #37B572 #373BB5 #B5377A

split-complementary

#B5B137 #377AB5 #7237B5

monochromatic

#57551A #868329 #B5B137 #CDCA5C #DCD98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B5B137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#B5B137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B137

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B137	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)

#C0AA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 177, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.139 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec876',
    500: '#b5b137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b137;
$custom-light: #cec876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74167,
    "c": 0.13949,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B137

secondary

#8284C6

accent

#50DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B137

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

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