#B5B341#B5B341

#B5B341 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.134 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B341
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 65)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -13.56, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 57.96, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0422 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.134 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1315, 42.4467, 11.2897)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B341 #4143B5

analogous

#B57941 #B5B341 #7DB541

triadic

#B5B341 #41B5B3 #B341B5

tetradic

#B5B341 #41B579 #4143B5 #B5417D

square

#B5B341 #41B579 #4143B5 #B5417D

split-complementary

#B5B341 #417DB5 #7941B5

monochromatic

#5B5A21 #888631 #B5B341 #C9C86A #DAD897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B5B341 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#B5B341 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B341

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B341	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B341	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b341;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.134 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec97b',
    500: '#b5b341',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b341;
$custom-light: #cec97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b341",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74686,
    "c": 0.13436,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B341

secondary

#8C8DC5

accent

#53D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B341

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

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