#B5B52A#B5B52A

#B5B52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.151 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B52A
RGB	rgb(181, 181, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -15.75, 65.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 67.06, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0505 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.151 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9992, 43.0398, 8.6012)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B52A #2A2AB5

analogous

#B56F2A #B5B52A #6FB52A

triadic

#B5B52A #2AB5B5 #B52AB5

tetradic

#B5B52A #2AB56F #2A2AB5 #B52A6F

square

#B5B52A #2AB56F #2A2AB5 #B52A6F

split-complementary

#B5B52A #2A6FB5 #6F2AB5

monochromatic

#525213 #83831E #B5B52A #D4D448 #E0E079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B5B52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#B5B52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B52A

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B52A	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 181, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.151 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfca70',
    500: '#b5b52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b52a;
$custom-light: #cfca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74962,
    "c": 0.15098,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B52A

secondary

#7373C8

accent

#42E542

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B52A

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

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