#B5B22D#B5B22D

#B5B22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.147 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B22D
RGB	rgb(181, 178, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 75.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -14.10, 63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 65.03, 102.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0457 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.147 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4515, 41.8552, 8.6935)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B22D #2D30B5

analogous

#B56E2D #B5B22D #74B52D

triadic

#B5B22D #2DB5B2 #B22DB5

tetradic

#B5B22D #2DB56E #2D30B5 #B52D74

square

#B5B22D #2DB56E #2D30B5 #B52D74

split-complementary

#B5B22D #2D74B5 #6E2DB5

monochromatic

#535215 #848221 #B5B22D #D3D04D #DFDD7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B5B22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#B5B22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B22D

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B22D	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)

#C1AB0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 178, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.147 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc871',
    500: '#b5b22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b22d;
$custom-light: #cfc871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.676,
    "s": 60.177,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74319,
    "c": 0.14651,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B22D

secondary

#7678C7

accent

#48E344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B22D

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

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