#B5B72E#B5B72E

#B5B72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.151 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B72E
RGB	rgb(181, 183, 46)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 74.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -16.60, 64.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 66.54, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0525 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.151 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4840, 43.8890, 9.1338)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B72E #302EB7

analogous

#B7752E #B5B72E #70B72E

triadic

#B5B72E #2EB5B7 #B72EB5

tetradic

#B5B72E #2EB775 #302EB7 #B72E70

square

#B5B72E #2EB775 #302EB7 #B72E70

split-complementary

#B5B72E #2E70B7 #752EB7

monochromatic

#545515 #858622 #B5B72E #D1D34F #DEDF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B5B72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#B5B72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B72E

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B72E	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 183, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.151 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcc72',
    500: '#b5b72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b72e;
$custom-light: #cfcc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.876,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75426,
    "c": 0.15087,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B72E

secondary

#7A79C8

accent

#45E347

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B72E

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

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