#B5B441#B5B441

#B5B441 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.135 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B441
RGB	rgb(181, 180, 65)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -14.08, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 58.36, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0436 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.135 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3326, 42.8490, 11.3568)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B441 #4142B5

analogous

#B57A41 #B5B441 #7CB541

triadic

#B5B441 #41B5B4 #B441B5

tetradic

#B5B441 #41B57A #4142B5 #B5417C

square

#B5B441 #41B57A #4142B5 #B5417C

split-complementary

#B5B441 #417CB5 #7A41B5

monochromatic

#5B5A21 #888731 #B5B441 #C9C96A #DAD997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B5B441 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#B5B441 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B441

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B441	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B441	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b441;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 180, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.135 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca7b',
    500: '#b5b441',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b441;
$custom-light: #ceca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b441",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.483,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74905,
    "c": 0.1354,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B441

secondary

#8C8DC5

accent

#52D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B441

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

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