#B5B736#B5B736

#B5B736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.146 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B736
RGB	rgb(181, 183, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 70.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -16.22, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 63.80, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0508 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.146 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6566, 43.9581, 10.0431)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B736 #3836B7

analogous

#B77936 #B5B736 #75B736

triadic

#B5B736 #36B5B7 #B736B5

tetradic

#B5B736 #36B779 #3836B7 #B73675

square

#B5B736 #36B779 #3836B7 #B73675

split-complementary

#B5B736 #3675B7 #7936B7

monochromatic

#58581A #868828 #B5B736 #CDCF5B #DBDD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B5B736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#B5B736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B736

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B736	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	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)

#C5AF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 183, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.146 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcc76',
    500: '#b5b736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b736;
$custom-light: #cfcc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.93,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75477,
    "c": 0.14616,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B736

secondary

#8382C7

accent

#4ADE4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B736

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

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