#B5B335#B5B335

#B5B335 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.143 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B335
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -14.24, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 62.63, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0453 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.143 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8201, 42.3221, 9.6496)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B335 #3537B5

analogous

#B57335 #B5B335 #77B535

triadic

#B5B335 #35B5B3 #B335B5

tetradic

#B5B335 #35B573 #3537B5 #B53577

square

#B5B335 #35B573 #3537B5 #B53577

split-complementary

#B5B335 #3577B5 #7335B5

monochromatic

#565519 #868427 #B5B335 #CECD59 #DCDB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B5B335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#B5B335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B335

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B335	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)

#C2AC1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.143 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc975',
    500: '#b5b335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b335;
$custom-light: #cfc975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.062,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7459,
    "c": 0.14276,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B335

secondary

#8081C6

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B335

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

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