#B5B32A#B5B32A

#B5B32A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.149 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B32A
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -14.73, 64.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 66.34, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0477 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.149 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5955, 42.2323, 8.4667)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B32A #2A2CB5

analogous

#B56D2A #B5B32A #71B52A

triadic

#B5B32A #2AB5B3 #B32AB5

tetradic

#B5B32A #2AB56D #2A2CB5 #B52A71

square

#B5B32A #2AB56D #2A2CB5 #B52A71

split-complementary

#B5B32A #2A71B5 #6D2AB5

monochromatic

#525113 #83821E #B5B32A #D4D248 #E0DF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B5B32A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#B5B32A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B32A

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B32A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B32A	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b32a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.149 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc96f',
    500: '#b5b32a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b32a;
$custom-light: #cfc96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b32a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.137,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74522,
    "c": 0.14906,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B32A

secondary

#7374C8

accent

#45E542

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B32A

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

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