#B5B751#B5B751

#B5B751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.125 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B751
RGB	rgb(181, 183, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 55.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -14.48, 50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 52.68, 105.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.043 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.125 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4757, 44.2857, 14.3569)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B751 #5351B7

analogous

#B78651 #B5B751 #82B751

triadic

#B5B751 #51B5B7 #B751B5

tetradic

#B5B751 #51B786 #5351B7 #B75182

square

#B5B751 #51B786 #5351B7 #B75182

split-complementary

#B5B751 #5182B7 #8651B7

monochromatic

#636429 #8E8F3B #B5B751 #C7C97C #DADBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B5B751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#B5B751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B751

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B751	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 183, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.125 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcc85',
    500: '#b5b751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b751;
$custom-light: #cdcc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.176,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75722,
    "c": 0.12523,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B751

secondary

#9C9CC8

accent

#57D159

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B751

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

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