#B5B33A#B5B33A

#B5B33A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.139 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B33A
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 68%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -13.98, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 60.75, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0441 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.139 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9411, 42.3706, 10.2873)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B33A #3A3CB5

analogous

#B5753A #B5B33A #7AB53A

triadic

#B5B33A #3AB5B3 #B33AB5

tetradic

#B5B33A #3AB575 #3A3CB5 #B53A7A

square

#B5B33A #3AB575 #3A3CB5 #B53A7A

split-complementary

#B5B33A #3A7AB5 #753AB5

monochromatic

#58571C #87852B #B5B33A #CCCA60 #DBDA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B5B33A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#B5B33A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B33A

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B33A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B33A	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)

#C1AC28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b33a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.139 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec977',
    500: '#b5b33a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b33a;
$custom-light: #cec977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b33a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74628,
    "c": 0.13945,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B33A

secondary

#8586C6

accent

#4FDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B33A

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

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