#B5B545#B5B545

#B5B545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.133 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B545
RGB	rgb(181, 181, 69)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -14.33, 55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 57.10, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0439 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.133 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6552, 43.3022, 12.0563)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B545 #4545B5

analogous

#B57D45 #B5B545 #7DB545

triadic

#B5B545 #45B5B5 #B545B5

tetradic

#B5B545 #45B57D #4545B5 #B5457D

square

#B5B545 #45B57D #4545B5 #B5457D

split-complementary

#B5B545 #457DB5 #7D45B5

monochromatic

#5C5C23 #898934 #B5B545 #C8C86F #D9D99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B5B545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#B5B545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B545

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B545	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 181, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.133 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecb7e',
    500: '#b5b545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b545;
$custom-light: #cecb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7516,
    "c": 0.13332,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B545

secondary

#9191C5

accent

#53D553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B545

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

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