#B5B353#B5B353

#B5B353 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.119 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B353
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 54.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -12.26, 48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 50.02, 104.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0365 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.119 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7385, 42.6895, 14.4866)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B353 #5355B5

analogous

#B58253 #B5B353 #86B553

triadic

#B5B353 #53B5B3 #B353B5

tetradic

#B5B353 #53B582 #5355B5 #B55386

square

#B5B353 #53B582 #5355B5 #B55386

split-complementary

#B5B353 #5386B5 #8253B5

monochromatic

#63622B #8E8C3D #B5B353 #C7C67E #DAD9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B5B353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#B5B353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B353

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B353	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.119 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc986',
    500: '#b5b353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b353;
$custom-light: #cdc986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74871,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B353

secondary

#9C9DC7

accent

#5BD058

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B353

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

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