#B5B42B#B5B42B

#B5B42B 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	#B5B42B
RGB	rgb(181, 180, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -15.20, 64.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 66.39, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0489 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.15 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8147, 42.6418, 8.6291)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B42B #2B2CB5

analogous

#B56F2B #B5B42B #71B52B

triadic

#B5B42B #2BB5B4 #B42BB5

tetradic

#B5B42B #2BB56F #2B2CB5 #B52B71

square

#B5B42B #2BB56F #2B2CB5 #B52B71

split-complementary

#B5B42B #2B71B5 #6F2BB5

monochromatic

#525214 #84831F #B5B42B #D4D349 #E0DF7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B5B42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#B5B42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B42B

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B42B	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)

#C3AC05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 180, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.150 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfca70',
    500: '#b5b42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b42b;
$custom-light: #cfca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.565,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74747,
    "c": 0.14951,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B42B

secondary

#7475C8

accent

#44E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B42B

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

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