#B5B33E#B5B33E

#B5B33E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.137 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B33E
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 65.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -13.75, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 59.18, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.043 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.137 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0469, 42.4129, 10.8442)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B33E #3E40B5

analogous

#B5783E #B5B33E #7BB53E

triadic

#B5B33E #3EB5B3 #B33EB5

tetradic

#B5B33E #3EB578 #3E40B5 #B53E7B

square

#B5B33E #3EB578 #3E40B5 #B53E7B

split-complementary

#B5B33E #3E7BB5 #783EB5

monochromatic

#5A591F #87862E #B5B33E #CAC966 #DAD993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B5B33E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#B5B33E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B33E

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B33E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B33E	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b33e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.137 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec97a',
    500: '#b5b33e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b33e;
$custom-light: #cec97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b33e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.992,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7466,
    "c": 0.1366,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B33E

secondary

#898AC5

accent

#52D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B33E

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

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