#B5B730#B5B730

#B5B730 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.150 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B730
RGB	rgb(181, 183, 48)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 73.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -16.51, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 65.89, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0521 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.15 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5243, 43.9052, 9.3463)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B730 #3230B7

analogous

#B77530 #B5B730 #71B730

triadic

#B5B730 #30B5B7 #B730B5

tetradic

#B5B730 #30B775 #3230B7 #B73071

square

#B5B730 #30B775 #3230B7 #B73071

split-complementary

#B5B730 #3071B7 #7530B7

monochromatic

#555617 #858723 #B5B730 #D0D252 #DDDE83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B5B730 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#B5B730 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B730

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B730	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B730	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)

#C6AF13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b730;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 183, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.150 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcc73',
    500: '#b5b730',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b730;
$custom-light: #cfcc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b730",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.889,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75438,
    "c": 0.14976,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B730

secondary

#7C7BC8

accent

#46E248

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B730

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

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