#B5B436#B5B436

#B5B436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.143 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B436
RGB	rgb(181, 180, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -14.70, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 62.65, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0465 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.143 109)
XYZ	xyz(36.0445, 42.7337, 9.8390)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B436 #3637B5

analogous

#B57436 #B5B436 #76B536

triadic

#B5B436 #36B5B4 #B436B5

tetradic

#B5B436 #36B574 #3637B5 #B53676

square

#B5B436 #36B574 #3637B5 #B53676

split-complementary

#B5B436 #3676B5 #7436B5

monochromatic

#57561A #868528 #B5B436 #CECD5A #DCDB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B5B436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#B5B436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B436

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B436	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 180, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.143 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfca75',
    500: '#b5b436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b436;
$custom-light: #cfca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.528,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74817,
    "c": 0.14312,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.42733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B436

secondary

#8181C6

accent

#4CDD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B436

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →