#B5B434#B5B434

#B5B434 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.144 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B434
RGB	rgb(181, 180, 52)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -14.80, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 63.37, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.047 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.144 109)
XYZ	xyz(35.9984, 42.7153, 9.5968)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B434 #3435B5

analogous

#B57334 #B5B434 #75B534

triadic

#B5B434 #34B5B4 #B434B5

tetradic

#B5B434 #34B573 #3435B5 #B53475

square

#B5B434 #34B573 #3435B5 #B53475

split-complementary

#B5B434 #3475B5 #7334B5

monochromatic

#565519 #858526 #B5B434 #CFCE57 #DCDC87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B5B434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#B5B434 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B434

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B434	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)

#C3AC1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 180, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.144 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfca74',
    500: '#b5b434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b434;
$custom-light: #cfca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74803,
    "c": 0.14438,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.42714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B434

secondary

#7F7FC6

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B434

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

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