#B5B336#B5B336

#B5B336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.142 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B336
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -14.19, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 62.26, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0451 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.142 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8433, 42.3314, 9.7720)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B336 #3638B5

analogous

#B57336 #B5B336 #77B536

triadic

#B5B336 #36B5B3 #B336B5

tetradic

#B5B336 #36B573 #3638B5 #B53677

square

#B5B336 #36B573 #3638B5 #B53677

split-complementary

#B5B336 #3677B5 #7336B5

monochromatic

#57561A #868428 #B5B336 #CECC5A #DCDB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B5B336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#B5B336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B336

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B336	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.142 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc975',
    500: '#b5b336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b336;
$custom-light: #cfc975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74598,
    "c": 0.14212,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B336

secondary

#8182C6

accent

#4DDD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B336

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

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