#B5B42E#B5B42E

#B5B42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.148 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B42E
RGB	rgb(181, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -15.07, 63.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 65.43, 103.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0483 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.148 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8718, 42.6646, 8.9297)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B42E #2E2FB5

analogous

#B5712E #B5B42E #72B52E

triadic

#B5B42E #2EB5B4 #B42EB5

tetradic

#B5B42E #2EB571 #2E2FB5 #B52E72

square

#B5B42E #2EB571 #2E2FB5 #B52E72

split-complementary

#B5B42E #2E72B5 #712EB5

monochromatic

#535315 #848322 #B5B42E #D2D14E #DEDE7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B5B42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#B5B42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B42E

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B42E	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)

#C3AC10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.148 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfca71',
    500: '#b5b42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b42e;
$custom-light: #cfca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.556,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74765,
    "c": 0.1479,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B42E

secondary

#7878C7

accent

#46E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B42E

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

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