#B5B236#B5B236

#B5B236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.141 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B236
RGB	rgb(181, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -13.68, 60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 61.89, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0436 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.141 108)
XYZ	xyz(35.6436, 41.9320, 9.7054)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B236 #3639B5

analogous

#B57236 #B5B236 #78B536

triadic

#B5B236 #36B5B2 #B236B5

tetradic

#B5B236 #36B572 #3639B5 #B53678

square

#B5B236 #36B572 #3639B5 #B53678

split-complementary

#B5B236 #3678B5 #7236B5

monochromatic

#57551A #868428 #B5B236 #CECB5A #DCDA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B5B236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#B5B236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B236

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B236	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.141 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc875',
    500: '#b5b236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b236;
$custom-light: #cfc875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74378,
    "c": 0.14113,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.41931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B236

secondary

#8182C6

accent

#4EDD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B236

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

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