#B5B333#B5B333

#B5B333 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.144 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B333
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -14.34, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 63.35, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0458 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.144 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7750, 42.3041, 9.4123)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B333 #3335B5

analogous

#B57233 #B5B333 #76B533

triadic

#B5B333 #33B5B3 #B333B5

tetradic

#B5B333 #33B572 #3335B5 #B53376

square

#B5B333 #33B572 #3335B5 #B53376

split-complementary

#B5B333 #3376B5 #7233B5

monochromatic

#565518 #858426 #B5B333 #CFCD56 #DDDB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B5B333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#B5B333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B333

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B333	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)

#C2AC1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.144 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc974',
    500: '#b5b333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b333;
$custom-light: #cfc974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74577,
    "c": 0.14401,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B333

secondary

#7D7FC6

accent

#4BDF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B333

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

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