#B5B338#B5B338

#B5B338 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	#B5B338
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -14.08, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 61.52, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0446 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.141 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8912, 42.3506, 10.0245)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B338 #383AB5

analogous

#B57538 #B5B338 #79B538

triadic

#B5B338 #38B5B3 #B338B5

tetradic

#B5B338 #38B575 #383AB5 #B53879

square

#B5B338 #38B575 #383AB5 #B53879

split-complementary

#B5B338 #3879B5 #7538B5

monochromatic

#58571B #86852A #B5B338 #CDCB5D #DBDA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B5B338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#B5B338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B338

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B338	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)

#C2AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.141 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec976',
    500: '#b5b338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b338;
$custom-light: #cec976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74612,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B338

secondary

#8384C6

accent

#4EDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B338

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

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