#B5B52F#B5B52F

#B5B52F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.148 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B52F
RGB	rgb(181, 181, 47)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -15.54, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 65.47, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0495 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.148 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0943, 43.0778, 9.1023)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B52F #2F2FB5

analogous

#B5722F #B5B52F #72B52F

triadic

#B5B52F #2FB5B5 #B52FB5

tetradic

#B5B52F #2FB572 #2F2FB5 #B52F72

square

#B5B52F #2FB572 #2F2FB5 #B52F72

split-complementary

#B5B52F #2F72B5 #722FB5

monochromatic

#545416 #848422 #B5B52F #D1D150 #DEDE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B5B52F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#B5B52F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B52F

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B52F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B52F	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)

#C4AD12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b52f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 181, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.148 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfca72',
    500: '#b5b52f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b52f;
$custom-light: #cfca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b52f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74991,
    "c": 0.14833,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B52F

secondary

#7979C7

accent

#46E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B52F

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

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