#B5B629#B5B629
#B5B629 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.152 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B5B629 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(181, 182, 41) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 63%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 77%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 77.5%, 28.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.85, -16.29, 65.74) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.85, 67.73, 103.92°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.18% -0.0521 0.1433) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.18% 0.152 110) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.1856, 43.4408, 8.5762) |
| Luminance | 0.4344 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 3.02
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.33
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 3.47
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 3.82
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 4.35
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 4.45
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B5B629 #2A29B6
analogous
#B67029 #B5B629 #6EB629
triadic
#B5B629 #29B5B6 #B629B5
tetradic
#B5B629 #29B670 #2A29B6 #B6296E
square
#B5B629 #29B670 #2A29B6 #B6296E
split-complementary
#B5B629 #296EB6 #7029B6
monochromatic
#525212 #83841E #B5B629 #D4D547 #E0E179
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.17
#B5B629 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.69
#B5B629 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B5B629
9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B5B629 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B5B629 | 1.00 | 2.17 | 9.69 | 9.69 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.17 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5AE00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B235
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C2AA9C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b5b629; /* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 182, 41); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.152 110.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cfcb6f',
500: '#b5b629',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b5b629; $custom-light: #cfcb6f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b5b629",
"rgb": {
"r": 181,
"g": 182,
"b": 41
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.426,
"s": 63.229,
"l": 43.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75177,
"c": 0.15247,
"h": 110
},
"luminance": 0.4344
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B5B629
secondary
#7372C9
accent
#42E643
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF8ED
border
#D3D1C8
text
#141308
muted
#83827B