#B5B22A#B5B22A

#B5B22A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.148 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B22A
RGB	rgb(181, 178, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -14.22, 64.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 65.99, 102.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0463 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.148 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3958, 41.8329, 8.4001)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B22A #2A2DB5

analogous

#B56C2A #B5B22A #72B52A

triadic

#B5B22A #2AB5B2 #B22AB5

tetradic

#B5B22A #2AB56C #2A2DB5 #B52A72

square

#B5B22A #2AB56C #2A2DB5 #B52A72

split-complementary

#B5B22A #2A72B5 #6C2AB5

monochromatic

#525013 #83811E #B5B22A #D4D148 #E0DE79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B5B22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#B5B22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B22A

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B22A	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 178, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.148 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc86f',
    500: '#b5b22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b22a;
$custom-light: #cfc86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74302,
    "c": 0.14809,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B22A

secondary

#7375C8

accent

#46E542

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B22A

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

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