#B5B53D#B5B53D

#B5B53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.139 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B53D
RGB	rgb(181, 181, 61)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -14.83, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 60.37, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0461 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.139 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4234, 43.2095, 10.8356)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B53D #3D3DB5

analogous

#B5793D #B5B53D #79B53D

triadic

#B5B53D #3DB5B5 #B53DB5

tetradic

#B5B53D #3DB579 #3D3DB5 #B53D79

square

#B5B53D #3DB579 #3D3DB5 #B53D79

split-complementary

#B5B53D #3D79B5 #793DB5

monochromatic

#59591E #87872E #B5B53D #CBCB64 #DADA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B5B53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#B5B53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B53D

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B53D	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)

#C3AE2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 181, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.139 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca79',
    500: '#b5b53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b53d;
$custom-light: #ceca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7509,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B53D

secondary

#8888C5

accent

#4FD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B53D

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

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