#B5B52D#B5B52D

#B5B52D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.149 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B52D
RGB	rgb(181, 181, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -15.63, 64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 66.12, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0499 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.149 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0549, 43.0621, 8.8947)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B52D #2D2DB5

analogous

#B5712D #B5B52D #71B52D

triadic

#B5B52D #2DB5B5 #B52DB5

tetradic

#B5B52D #2DB571 #2D2DB5 #B52D71

square

#B5B52D #2DB571 #2D2DB5 #B52D71

split-complementary

#B5B52D #2D71B5 #712DB5

monochromatic

#535315 #848421 #B5B52D #D3D34D #DFDF7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B5B52D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#B5B52D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B52D

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B52D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B52D	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	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)

#C4AD0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b52d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 181, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.149 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfca71',
    500: '#b5b52d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b52d;
$custom-light: #cfca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b52d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.177,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74979,
    "c": 0.14943,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B52D

secondary

#7676C7

accent

#44E344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B52D

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

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