#B5B352#B5B352

#B5B352 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.120 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B352
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 54.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -12.34, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 50.48, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0368 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.12 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7001, 42.6742, 14.2847)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B352 #5254B5

analogous

#B58252 #B5B352 #86B552

triadic

#B5B352 #52B5B3 #B352B5

tetradic

#B5B352 #52B582 #5254B5 #B55286

square

#B5B352 #52B582 #5254B5 #B55286

split-complementary

#B5B352 #5286B5 #8252B5

monochromatic

#62612A #8D8C3C #B5B352 #C7C67D #DAD9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B5B352 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#B5B352 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B352

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B352	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B352	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)

#C0AD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b352;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.120 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc986',
    500: '#b5b352',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b352;
$custom-light: #cdc986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b352",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.788,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7486,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B352

secondary

#9C9DC7

accent

#5AD058

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B352

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

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