#B5B453#B5B453

#B5B453 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.120 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B453
RGB	rgb(181, 180, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 54.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -12.78, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 50.45, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.038 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.12 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9396, 43.0918, 14.5536)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B453 #5354B5

analogous

#B58353 #B5B453 #85B553

triadic

#B5B453 #53B5B4 #B453B5

tetradic

#B5B453 #53B583 #5354B5 #B55385

square

#B5B453 #53B583 #5354B5 #B55385

split-complementary

#B5B453 #5385B5 #8353B5

monochromatic

#63622B #8E8D3D #B5B453 #C7C77E #DAD9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B5B453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#B5B453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B453

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B453	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 180, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.120 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdca86',
    500: '#b5b453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b453;
$custom-light: #cdca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.388,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75089,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B453

secondary

#9C9DC7

accent

#59D058

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B453

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

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