#B5B233#B5B233

#B5B233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.143 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B233
RGB	rgb(181, 178, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -13.82, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 62.98, 102.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0443 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.143 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5753, 41.9047, 9.3458)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B233 #3336B5

analogous

#B57133 #B5B233 #77B533

triadic

#B5B233 #33B5B2 #B233B5

tetradic

#B5B233 #33B571 #3336B5 #B53377

square

#B5B233 #33B571 #3336B5 #B53377

split-complementary

#B5B233 #3377B5 #7133B5

monochromatic

#565418 #858326 #B5B233 #CFCD56 #DDDB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B5B233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#B5B233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B233

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B233	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)

#C1AB1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 178, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.143 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc874',
    500: '#b5b233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b233;
$custom-light: #cfc874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74357,
    "c": 0.14303,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B233

secondary

#7D7FC6

accent

#4CDF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B233

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

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