#B5B235#B5B235

#B5B235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.142 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B235
RGB	rgb(181, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -13.73, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 62.25, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0439 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.142 108)
XYZ	xyz(35.6204, 41.9227, 9.5830)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B235 #3538B5

analogous

#B57235 #B5B235 #78B535

triadic

#B5B235 #35B5B2 #B235B5

tetradic

#B5B235 #35B572 #3538B5 #B53578

square

#B5B235 #35B572 #3538B5 #B53578

split-complementary

#B5B235 #3578B5 #7235B5

monochromatic

#565519 #868327 #B5B235 #CECC59 #DCDA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B5B235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#B5B235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B235

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B235	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)

#C1AB20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.142 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc875',
    500: '#b5b235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b235;
$custom-light: #cfc875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.594,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74371,
    "c": 0.14177,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.41922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B235

secondary

#8081C6

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B235

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

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