#B5B337#B5B337

#B5B337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.141 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B337
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -14.14, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 61.89, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0448 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.141 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8670, 42.3409, 9.8970)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B337 #3739B5

analogous

#B57437 #B5B337 #78B537

triadic

#B5B337 #37B5B3 #B337B5

tetradic

#B5B337 #37B574 #3739B5 #B53778

square

#B5B337 #37B574 #3739B5 #B53778

split-complementary

#B5B337 #3778B5 #7437B5

monochromatic

#57561A #868529 #B5B337 #CDCC5C #DCDA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B5B337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#B5B337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B337

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B337	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)

#C2AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.141 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec976',
    500: '#b5b337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b337;
$custom-light: #cec976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.048,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74605,
    "c": 0.14147,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B337

secondary

#8283C6

accent

#4DDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B337

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

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