#B5B232#B5B232

#B5B232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.144 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B232
RGB	rgb(181, 178, 50)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -13.87, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 63.33, 102.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0446 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.144 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5535, 41.8960, 9.2309)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B232 #3235B5

analogous

#B57032 #B5B232 #76B532

triadic

#B5B232 #32B5B2 #B232B5

tetradic

#B5B232 #32B570 #3235B5 #B53276

square

#B5B232 #32B570 #3235B5 #B53276

split-complementary

#B5B232 #3276B5 #7032B5

monochromatic

#555418 #858325 #B5B232 #D0CD54 #DDDB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B5B232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#B5B232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B232

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B232	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)

#C1AB1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 178, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.144 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc873',
    500: '#b5b232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b232;
$custom-light: #cfc873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74351,
    "c": 0.14363,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B232

secondary

#7C7EC7

accent

#4BE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B232

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

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