#B5B22B#B5B22B

#B5B22B 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	#B5B22B
RGB	rgb(181, 178, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -14.18, 64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 65.67, 102.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0461 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.148 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4139, 41.8401, 8.4955)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B22B #2B2EB5

analogous

#B56D2B #B5B22B #73B52B

triadic

#B5B22B #2BB5B2 #B22BB5

tetradic

#B5B22B #2BB56D #2B2EB5 #B52B73

square

#B5B22B #2BB56D #2B2EB5 #B52B73

split-complementary

#B5B22B #2B73B5 #6D2BB5

monochromatic

#525114 #84811F #B5B22B #D4D149 #E0DD7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B5B22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#B5B22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B22B

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B22B	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)

#C1AB07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 178, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.148 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc870',
    500: '#b5b22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b22b;
$custom-light: #cfc870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74307,
    "c": 0.14757,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B22B

secondary

#7476C8

accent

#47E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B22B

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

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