#B5B554#B5B554

#B5B554 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.120 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B554
RGB	rgb(181, 181, 84)
HSL	hsl(60, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 53.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -13.21, 48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 50.42, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0391 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.12 109)
XYZ	xyz(37.1811, 43.5125, 14.8259)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B554 #5454B5

analogous

#B58554 #B5B554 #85B554

triadic

#B5B554 #54B5B5 #B554B5

tetradic

#B5B554 #54B585 #5454B5 #B55485

square

#B5B554 #54B585 #5454B5 #B55485

split-complementary

#B5B554 #5485B5 #8554B5

monochromatic

#64642B #8E8E3E #B5B554 #C7C77F #DADAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B5B554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#B5B554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B554

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B554	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 181, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.120 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcb87',
    500: '#b5b554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b554;
$custom-light: #cdcb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 39.592,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75319,
    "c": 0.12022,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.43512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B554

secondary

#9D9DC8

accent

#58CF58

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B554

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

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