#B5B62E#B5B62E

#B5B62E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.150 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B62E
RGB	rgb(181, 182, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 74.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -16.09, 64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 66.17, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0511 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.15 110)
XYZ	xyz(36.2785, 43.4780, 9.0653)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B62E #2F2EB6

analogous

#B6732E #B5B62E #71B62E

triadic

#B5B62E #2EB5B6 #B62EB5

tetradic

#B5B62E #2EB673 #2F2EB6 #B62E71

square

#B5B62E #2EB673 #2F2EB6 #B62E71

split-complementary

#B5B62E #2E71B6 #732EB6

monochromatic

#545415 #848522 #B5B62E #D1D24F #DEDF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B5B62E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#B5B62E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B62E

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B62E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B62E	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	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)

#C5AE0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b62e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 182, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.150 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcb72',
    500: '#b5b62e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b62e;
$custom-light: #cfcb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b62e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.441,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75205,
    "c": 0.14987,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.43477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B62E

secondary

#7978C8

accent

#45E346

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B62E

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

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