#B5B53C#B5B53C

#B5B53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.140 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B53C
RGB	rgb(181, 181, 60)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -14.89, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 60.76, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0464 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.14 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3968, 43.1988, 10.6950)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B53C #3C3CB5

analogous

#B5793C #B5B53C #79B53C

triadic

#B5B53C #3CB5B5 #B53CB5

tetradic

#B5B53C #3CB579 #3C3CB5 #B53C79

square

#B5B53C #3CB579 #3C3CB5 #B53C79

split-complementary

#B5B53C #3C79B5 #793CB5

monochromatic

#59591E #87872D #B5B53C #CBCB63 #DBDB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B5B53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#B5B53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B53C

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B53C	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)

#C3AE2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 181, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.140 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca79',
    500: '#b5b53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b53c;
$custom-light: #ceca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75082,
    "c": 0.14009,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B53C

secondary

#8787C6

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B53C

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

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