#B5B733#B5B733

#B5B733 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.148 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B733
RGB	rgb(181, 183, 51)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 72.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -16.37, 62.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 64.87, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0515 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.148 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5884, 43.9308, 9.6835)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B733 #3533B7

analogous

#B77733 #B5B733 #73B733

triadic

#B5B733 #33B5B7 #B733B5

tetradic

#B5B733 #33B777 #3533B7 #B73373

square

#B5B733 #33B777 #3533B7 #B73373

split-complementary

#B5B733 #3373B7 #7733B7

monochromatic

#565718 #868726 #B5B733 #CED057 #DCDE87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B5B733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#B5B733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B733

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B733	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 183, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.148 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcc74',
    500: '#b5b733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b733;
$custom-light: #cfcc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.909,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75457,
    "c": 0.14802,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B733

secondary

#807FC7

accent

#48E04A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B733

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

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