#B5B438#B5B438

#B5B438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; 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	#B5B438
RGB	rgb(181, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -14.60, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 61.90, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.046 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.142 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0924, 42.7529, 10.0915)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B438 #3839B5

analogous

#B57638 #B5B438 #78B538

triadic

#B5B438 #38B5B4 #B438B5

tetradic

#B5B438 #38B576 #3839B5 #B53878

square

#B5B438 #38B576 #3839B5 #B53878

split-complementary

#B5B438 #3878B5 #7638B5

monochromatic

#58571B #86862A #B5B438 #CDCC5D #DBDB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B5B438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#B5B438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B438

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B438	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)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.142 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca76',
    500: '#b5b438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b438;
$custom-light: #ceca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.52,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74832,
    "c": 0.14181,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B438

secondary

#8383C6

accent

#4DDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B438

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

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