#B5B142#B5B142

#B5B142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.132 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B142
RGB	rgb(181, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -12.47, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 56.74, 102.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.039 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.132 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7628, 41.6625, 11.3110)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B142 #4246B5

analogous

#B57742 #B5B142 #7FB542

triadic

#B5B142 #42B5B1 #B142B5

tetradic

#B5B142 #42B577 #4246B5 #B5427F

square

#B5B142 #42B577 #4246B5 #B5427F

split-complementary

#B5B142 #427FB5 #7742B5

monochromatic

#5B5921 #888532 #B5B142 #C9C66B #D9D798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B5B142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#B5B142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B142

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B142	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.132 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec87c',
    500: '#b5b142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b142;
$custom-light: #cec87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.913,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74258,
    "c": 0.13153,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B142

secondary

#8E8FC5

accent

#56D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B142

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

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