#B5B449#B5B449

#B5B449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.129 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B449
RGB	rgb(181, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -13.54, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 54.96, 104.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0412 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.129 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5810, 42.9483, 12.6649)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B449 #494AB5

analogous

#B57E49 #B5B449 #80B549

triadic

#B5B449 #49B5B4 #B449B5

tetradic

#B5B449 #49B57E #494AB5 #B54980

square

#B5B449 #49B57E #494AB5 #B54980

split-complementary

#B5B449 #4980B5 #7E49B5

monochromatic

#5E5D26 #898937 #B5B449 #C7C674 #D9D8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B5B449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#B5B449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B449

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B449	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.129 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca80',
    500: '#b5b449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b449;
$custom-light: #ceca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.444,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7498,
    "c": 0.12897,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B449

secondary

#9495C5

accent

#57D255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B449

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

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