#B5B248#B5B248

#B5B248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.128 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B248
RGB	rgb(181, 178, 72)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 60.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -12.58, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 54.57, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0386 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.128 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1473, 42.1335, 12.3581)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B248 #484BB5

analogous

#B57C48 #B5B248 #81B548

triadic

#B5B248 #48B5B2 #B248B5

tetradic

#B5B248 #48B57C #484BB5 #B54881

square

#B5B248 #48B57C #484BB5 #B54881

split-complementary

#B5B248 #4881B5 #7C48B5

monochromatic

#5D5C25 #898737 #B5B248 #C7C573 #D9D79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B5B248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#B5B248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B248

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B248	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 178, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.128 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec87f',
    500: '#b5b248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b248;
$custom-light: #cec87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.349,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74534,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B248

secondary

#9395C5

accent

#58D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B248

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

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