#B5B43A#B5B43A

#B5B43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.140 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B43A
RGB	rgb(181, 180, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 68%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -14.49, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 61.14, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0455 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.14 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1423, 42.7728, 10.3543)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B43A #3A3BB5

analogous

#B5773A #B5B43A #79B53A

triadic

#B5B43A #3AB5B4 #B43AB5

tetradic

#B5B43A #3AB577 #3A3BB5 #B53A79

square

#B5B43A #3AB577 #3A3BB5 #B53A79

split-complementary

#B5B43A #3A79B5 #773AB5

monochromatic

#58581C #87862B #B5B43A #CCCB60 #DBDA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B5B43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#B5B43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B43A

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B43A	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)

#C2AD28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 180, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.140 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca77',
    500: '#b5b43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b43a;
$custom-light: #ceca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.512,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74847,
    "c": 0.14046,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B43A

secondary

#8586C6

accent

#4EDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B43A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →