#B5B331#B5B331

#B5B331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.145 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B331
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -14.43, 62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 64.05, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0462 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.145 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7319, 42.2868, 9.1851)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B331 #3133B5

analogous

#B57131 #B5B331 #75B531

triadic

#B5B331 #31B5B3 #B331B5

tetradic

#B5B331 #31B571 #3133B5 #B53175

square

#B5B331 #31B571 #3133B5 #B53175

split-complementary

#B5B331 #3175B5 #7131B5

monochromatic

#555417 #858324 #B5B331 #D0CE53 #DDDC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B5B331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#B5B331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B331

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B331	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.145 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc973',
    500: '#b5b331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b331;
$custom-light: #cfc973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74563,
    "c": 0.14521,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B331

secondary

#7B7CC7

accent

#49E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B331

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

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