#B5B145#B5B145

#B5B145 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.129 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B145
RGB	rgb(181, 177, 69)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 61.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -12.27, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 55.47, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0381 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.129 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8536, 41.6988, 11.7891)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B145 #4549B5

analogous

#B57945 #B5B145 #81B545

triadic

#B5B145 #45B5B1 #B145B5

tetradic

#B5B145 #45B579 #4549B5 #B54581

square

#B5B145 #45B579 #4549B5 #B54581

split-complementary

#B5B145 #4581B5 #7945B5

monochromatic

#5C5A23 #898634 #B5B145 #C8C56F #D9D79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B5B145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#B5B145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B145

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B145	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 177, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.129 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec87d',
    500: '#b5b145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b145;
$custom-light: #cec87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74286,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B145

secondary

#9192C5

accent

#58D553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B145

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

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