#B5B437#B5B437

#B5B437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.142 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B437
RGB	rgb(181, 180, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -14.65, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 62.28, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0462 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.142 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0682, 42.7432, 9.9640)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B437 #3738B5

analogous

#B57537 #B5B437 #77B537

triadic

#B5B437 #37B5B4 #B437B5

tetradic

#B5B437 #37B575 #3738B5 #B53777

square

#B5B437 #37B575 #3738B5 #B53777

split-complementary

#B5B437 #3777B5 #7537B5

monochromatic

#57571A #868529 #B5B437 #CDCD5C #DCDB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B5B437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#B5B437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B437

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B437	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)

#C3AD23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 180, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.142 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca76',
    500: '#b5b437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b437;
$custom-light: #ceca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.524,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74824,
    "c": 0.14248,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B437

secondary

#8282C6

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B437

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

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