#B5B240#B5B240

#B5B240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.134 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B240
RGB	rgb(181, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -13.11, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 57.97, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.041 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.134 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9031, 42.0358, 11.0720)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B240 #4043B5

analogous

#B57840 #B5B240 #7DB540

triadic

#B5B240 #40B5B2 #B240B5

tetradic

#B5B240 #40B578 #4043B5 #B5407D

square

#B5B240 #40B578 #4043B5 #B5407D

split-complementary

#B5B240 #407DB5 #7840B5

monochromatic

#5B5920 #888630 #B5B240 #CAC768 #DAD896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B5B240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#B5B240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B240

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B240	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.134 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec87b',
    500: '#b5b240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b240;
$custom-light: #cec87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74458,
    "c": 0.1341,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B240

secondary

#8B8DC5

accent

#54D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B240

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

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