#B5B32E#B5B32E

#B5B32E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.147 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B32E
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -14.56, 63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 65.06, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0469 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.147 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6707, 42.2624, 8.8627)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B32E #2E30B5

analogous

#B5702E #B5B32E #74B52E

triadic

#B5B32E #2EB5B3 #B32EB5

tetradic

#B5B32E #2EB570 #2E30B5 #B52E74

square

#B5B32E #2EB570 #2E30B5 #B52E74

split-complementary

#B5B32E #2E74B5 #702EB5

monochromatic

#535215 #848322 #B5B32E #D2D04E #DEDD7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B5B32E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#B5B32E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B32E

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B32E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B32E	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)

#C2AC10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b32e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.147 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc971',
    500: '#b5b32e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b32e;
$custom-light: #cfc971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b32e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.111,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74545,
    "c": 0.14692,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B32E

secondary

#7879C7

accent

#47E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B32E

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

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