#B5B635#B5B635

#B5B635 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.146 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B635
RGB	rgb(181, 182, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 70.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -15.77, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 63.77, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0496 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.146 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4279, 43.5377, 9.8522)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B635 #3635B6

analogous

#B67635 #B5B635 #74B635

triadic

#B5B635 #35B5B6 #B635B5

tetradic

#B5B635 #35B676 #3635B6 #B63574

square

#B5B635 #35B676 #3635B6 #B63574

split-complementary

#B5B635 #3574B6 #7635B6

monochromatic

#575719 #868727 #B5B635 #CECF59 #DCDD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B5B635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#B5B635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B635

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B635	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 182, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.146 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcb75',
    500: '#b5b635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b635;
$custom-light: #cfcb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.465,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7525,
    "c": 0.14577,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B635

secondary

#8180C7

accent

#4ADE4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B635

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

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