#B5B433#B5B433

#B5B433 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.145 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B433
RGB	rgb(181, 180, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -14.85, 61.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 63.72, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0472 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.145 109)
XYZ	xyz(35.9762, 42.7064, 9.4794)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B433 #3334B5

analogous

#B57333 #B5B433 #75B533

triadic

#B5B433 #33B5B4 #B433B5

tetradic

#B5B433 #33B573 #3334B5 #B53375

square

#B5B433 #33B573 #3334B5 #B53375

split-complementary

#B5B433 #3375B5 #7333B5

monochromatic

#565518 #858526 #B5B433 #CFCE56 #DDDC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B5B433 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#B5B433 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B433

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B433	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B433	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)

#C3AC1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b433;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 180, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.145 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfca74',
    500: '#b5b433',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b433;
$custom-light: #cfca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b433",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.538,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74796,
    "c": 0.145,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.42705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B433

secondary

#7D7EC6

accent

#4ADF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B433

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

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