#B5B42A#B5B42A

#B5B42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.150 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B42A
RGB	rgb(181, 180, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -15.24, 64.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 66.70, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0491 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.15 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7966, 42.6346, 8.5337)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B42A #2A2BB5

analogous

#B56E2A #B5B42A #70B52A

triadic

#B5B42A #2AB5B4 #B42AB5

tetradic

#B5B42A #2AB56E #2A2BB5 #B52A70

square

#B5B42A #2AB56E #2A2BB5 #B52A70

split-complementary

#B5B42A #2A70B5 #6E2AB5

monochromatic

#525113 #83831E #B5B42A #D4D348 #E0DF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B5B42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#B5B42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B42A

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B42A	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)

#C3AC02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 180, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.150 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfca6f',
    500: '#b5b42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b42a;
$custom-light: #cfca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.568,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74742,
    "c": 0.15002,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B42A

secondary

#7373C8

accent

#44E542

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B42A

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

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