#B5B73E#B5B73E

#B5B73E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.141 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B73E
RGB	rgb(181, 183, 62)
HSL	hsl(61, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 66.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -15.79, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 60.78, 105.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0487 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.141 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8602, 44.0395, 11.1153)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B73E #403EB7

analogous

#B77C3E #B5B73E #78B73E

triadic

#B5B73E #3EB5B7 #B73EB5

tetradic

#B5B73E #3EB77C #403EB7 #B73E78

square

#B5B73E #3EB77C #403EB7 #B73E78

split-complementary

#B5B73E #3E78B7 #7C3EB7

monochromatic

#5B5C1F #88892F #B5B73E #CACB67 #DADB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B5B73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#B5B73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B73E

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B73E	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 183, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.141 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecc7a',
    500: '#b5b73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b73e;
$custom-light: #cecc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.992,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75538,
    "c": 0.14076,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B73E

secondary

#8B8AC6

accent

#4FD951

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B73E

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

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