#B5B72C#B5B72C

#B5B72C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.152 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B72C
RGB	rgb(181, 183, 44)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 76%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -16.68, 65.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 67.18, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0529 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.152 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4455, 43.8736, 8.9310)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B72C #2E2CB7

analogous

#B7732C #B5B72C #70B72C

triadic

#B5B72C #2CB5B7 #B72CB5

tetradic

#B5B72C #2CB773 #2E2CB7 #B72C70

square

#B5B72C #2CB773 #2E2CB7 #B72C70

split-complementary

#B5B72C #2C70B7 #732CB7

monochromatic

#535414 #848620 #B5B72C #D2D44C #DEE07E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B5B72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#B5B72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B72C

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B72C	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 183, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.152 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcc71',
    500: '#b5b72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b72c;
$custom-light: #cfcc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.863,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75414,
    "c": 0.15194,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B72C

secondary

#7876C8

accent

#43E446

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B72C

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

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