#B5B339#B5B339

#B5B339 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.140 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B339
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -14.03, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 61.14, 103.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0443 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.14 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9159, 42.3605, 10.1546)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B339 #393BB5

analogous

#B57539 #B5B339 #79B539

triadic

#B5B339 #39B5B3 #B339B5

tetradic

#B5B339 #39B575 #393BB5 #B53979

square

#B5B339 #39B575 #393BB5 #B53979

split-complementary

#B5B339 #3979B5 #7539B5

monochromatic

#58571C #86852A #B5B339 #CDCB5F #DBDA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B5B339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#B5B339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B339

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B339	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)

#C2AC26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.140 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec977',
    500: '#b5b339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b339;
$custom-light: #cec977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7462,
    "c": 0.14013,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B339

secondary

#8485C6

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B339

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

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