#B5B735#B5B735

#B5B735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.147 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B735
RGB	rgb(181, 183, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 71%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -16.27, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 64.16, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.051 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.147 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6334, 43.9488, 9.9207)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B735 #3735B7

analogous

#B77835 #B5B735 #74B735

triadic

#B5B735 #35B5B7 #B735B5

tetradic

#B5B735 #35B778 #3735B7 #B73574

square

#B5B735 #35B778 #3735B7 #B73574

split-complementary

#B5B735 #3574B7 #7835B7

monochromatic

#57581A #868827 #B5B735 #CDCF5A #DCDD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B5B735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#B5B735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B735

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B735	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)

#C5AF1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 183, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.147 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcc75',
    500: '#b5b735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b735;
$custom-light: #cfcc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.923,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7547,
    "c": 0.14679,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B735

secondary

#8281C7

accent

#49DE4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B735

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

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