#B5B138#B5B138

#B5B138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; 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	#B5B138
RGB	rgb(181, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -13.06, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 60.76, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0417 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.139 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4933, 41.5547, 9.8918)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B138 #383CB5

analogous

#B57338 #B5B138 #7BB538

triadic

#B5B138 #38B5B1 #B138B5

tetradic

#B5B138 #38B573 #383CB5 #B5387B

square

#B5B138 #38B573 #383CB5 #B5387B

split-complementary

#B5B138 #387BB5 #7338B5

monochromatic

#58561B #86832A #B5B138 #CDC95D #DBD98C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B5B138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#B5B138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B138

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B138	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)

#C0AA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.139 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec876',
    500: '#b5b138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b138;
$custom-light: #cec876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.08,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74174,
    "c": 0.13882,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B138

secondary

#8385C6

accent

#50DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B138

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

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