#B5B53A#B5B53A

#B5B53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.141 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B53A
RGB	rgb(181, 181, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -15.00, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 61.53, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0469 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.141 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3449, 43.1780, 10.4218)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B53A #3A3AB5

analogous

#B5783A #B5B53A #78B53A

triadic

#B5B53A #3AB5B5 #B53AB5

tetradic

#B5B53A #3AB578 #3A3AB5 #B53A78

square

#B5B53A #3AB578 #3A3AB5 #B53A78

split-complementary

#B5B53A #3A78B5 #783AB5

monochromatic

#58581C #87872B #B5B53A #CCCC60 #DBDB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B5B53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#B5B53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B53A

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B53A	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 181, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.141 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca78',
    500: '#b5b53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b53a;
$custom-light: #ceca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75067,
    "c": 0.14148,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B53A

secondary

#8585C6

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B53A

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

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