#B5B32B#B5B32B

#B5B32B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.149 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B32B
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -14.69, 64.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 66.03, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0475 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.149 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6136, 42.2395, 8.5621)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B32B #2B2DB5

analogous

#B56E2B #B5B32B #72B52B

triadic

#B5B32B #2BB5B3 #B32BB5

tetradic

#B5B32B #2BB56E #2B2DB5 #B52B72

square

#B5B32B #2BB56E #2B2DB5 #B52B72

split-complementary

#B5B32B #2B72B5 #6E2BB5

monochromatic

#525114 #84821F #B5B32B #D4D249 #E0DE7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B5B32B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#B5B32B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B32B

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B32B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B32B	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)

#C2AB06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b32b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.149 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc970',
    500: '#b5b32b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b32b;
$custom-light: #cfc970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b32b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74527,
    "c": 0.14854,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B32B

secondary

#7475C8

accent

#45E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B32B

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

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