#B5B350#B5B350

#B5B350 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.122 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B350
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 80)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 55.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -12.50, 49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 51.40, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0375 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.122 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6252, 42.6442, 13.8897)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B350 #5052B5

analogous

#B58050 #B5B350 #84B550

triadic

#B5B350 #50B5B3 #B350B5

tetradic

#B5B350 #50B580 #5052B5 #B55084

square

#B5B350 #50B580 #5052B5 #B55084

split-complementary

#B5B350 #5084B5 #8050B5

monochromatic

#616029 #8C8B3B #B5B350 #C7C67B #D9D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B5B350 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#B5B350 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B350

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B350	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B350	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b350;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.122 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc984',
    500: '#b5b350',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b350;
$custom-light: #cdc984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b350",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.812,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74837,
    "c": 0.12173,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B350

secondary

#9A9BC7

accent

#5AD057

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B350

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

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