#B5B62A#B5B62A

#B5B62A 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	#B5B62A
RGB	rgb(181, 182, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 76.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -16.25, 65.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 67.43, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0519 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.152 110)
XYZ	xyz(36.2033, 43.4479, 8.6693)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B62A #2B2AB6

analogous

#B6712A #B5B62A #6FB62A

triadic

#B5B62A #2AB5B6 #B62AB5

tetradic

#B5B62A #2AB671 #2B2AB6 #B62A6F

square

#B5B62A #2AB671 #2B2AB6 #B62A6F

split-complementary

#B5B62A #2A6FB6 #712AB6

monochromatic

#525313 #84841F #B5B62A #D4D548 #E0E07A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B5B62A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#B5B62A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B62A

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B62A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B62A	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)

#C6B236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b62a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 182, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.152 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcb70',
    500: '#b5b62a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b62a;
$custom-light: #cfcb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b62a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.429,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75182,
    "c": 0.15197,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.43447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B62A

secondary

#7473C8

accent

#42E643

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B62A

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

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