#B5B230#B5B230

#B5B230 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 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B230
RGB	rgb(181, 178, 48)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -13.96, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 64.03, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.045 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.145 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5113, 41.8791, 9.0086)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B230 #3033B5

analogous

#B57030 #B5B230 #75B530

triadic

#B5B230 #30B5B2 #B230B5

tetradic

#B5B230 #30B570 #3033B5 #B53075

square

#B5B230 #30B570 #3033B5 #B53075

split-complementary

#B5B230 #3075B5 #7030B5

monochromatic

#545316 #858223 #B5B230 #D1CE51 #DEDC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B5B230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#B5B230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B230

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B230	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 178, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.145 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc872',
    500: '#b5b230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b230;
$custom-light: #cfc872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74338,
    "c": 0.14482,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B230

secondary

#7A7CC7

accent

#4AE146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B230

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

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