#B5B22F#B5B22F

#B5B22F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.145 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B22F
RGB	rgb(181, 178, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 74%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -14.01, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 64.37, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0452 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.145 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4909, 41.8710, 8.9012)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B22F #2F32B5

analogous

#B56F2F #B5B22F #75B52F

triadic

#B5B22F #2FB5B2 #B22FB5

tetradic

#B5B22F #2FB56F #2F32B5 #B52F75

square

#B5B22F #2FB56F #2F32B5 #B52F75

split-complementary

#B5B22F #2F75B5 #6F2FB5

monochromatic

#545216 #848222 #B5B22F #D1CF50 #DEDC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B5B22F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#B5B22F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B22F

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B22F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B22F	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)

#C1AB13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b22f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 178, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.145 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc872',
    500: '#b5b22f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b22f;
$custom-light: #cfc872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b22f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.657,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74331,
    "c": 0.14539,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B22F

secondary

#797BC7

accent

#49E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B22F

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

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