#B5B239#B5B239

#B5B239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.139 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B239
RGB	rgb(181, 178, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -13.52, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 60.75, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0429 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.139 108)
XYZ	xyz(35.7163, 41.9611, 10.0880)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B239 #393CB5

analogous

#B57439 #B5B239 #7AB539

triadic

#B5B239 #39B5B2 #B239B5

tetradic

#B5B239 #39B574 #393CB5 #B5397A

square

#B5B239 #39B574 #393CB5 #B5397A

split-complementary

#B5B239 #397AB5 #7439B5

monochromatic

#58561C #86842A #B5B239 #CDCA5F #DBD98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B5B239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#B5B239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B239

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B239	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)

#C1AB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 178, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.139 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec877',
    500: '#b5b239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b239;
$custom-light: #cec877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74401,
    "c": 0.13913,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.4196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B239

secondary

#8486C6

accent

#50DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B239

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

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