#B5B73C#B5B73C

#B5B73C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.142 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B73C
RGB	rgb(181, 183, 60)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 67.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -15.90, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 61.56, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0493 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.142 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8063, 44.0180, 10.8316)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B73C #3E3CB7

analogous

#B77C3C #B5B73C #77B73C

triadic

#B5B73C #3CB5B7 #B73CB5

tetradic

#B5B73C #3CB77C #3E3CB7 #B73C77

square

#B5B73C #3CB77C #3E3CB7 #B73C77

split-complementary

#B5B73C #3C77B7 #7C3CB7

monochromatic

#5A5B1E #87892D #B5B73C #CACC64 #DADB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B5B73C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#B5B73C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B73C

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B73C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B73C	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b73c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 183, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.142 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecc79',
    500: '#b5b73c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b73c;
$custom-light: #cecc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b73c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.976,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75522,
    "c": 0.14217,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B73C

secondary

#8988C6

accent

#4EDA50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B73C

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

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