#B5B431#B5B431

#B5B431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.146 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B431
RGB	rgb(181, 180, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -14.94, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 64.42, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0477 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.146 109)
XYZ	xyz(35.9330, 42.6891, 9.2521)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B431 #3132B5

analogous

#B57231 #B5B431 #74B531

triadic

#B5B431 #31B5B4 #B431B5

tetradic

#B5B431 #31B572 #3132B5 #B53174

square

#B5B431 #31B572 #3132B5 #B53174

split-complementary

#B5B431 #3174B5 #7231B5

monochromatic

#555417 #858424 #B5B431 #D0CF53 #DDDD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B5B431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#B5B431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B431

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B431	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)

#C3AC17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 180, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.146 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfca73',
    500: '#b5b431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b431;
$custom-light: #cfca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.545,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74783,
    "c": 0.14619,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.42688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B431

secondary

#7B7CC7

accent

#48E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B431

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

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