#B5B82A#B5B82A

#B5B82A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.154 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B82A
RGB	rgb(181, 184, 42)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 77.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -17.27, 65.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 68.16, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0547 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.154 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6158, 44.2729, 8.8068)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B82A #2D2AB8

analogous

#B8742A #B5B82A #6EB82A

triadic

#B5B82A #2AB5B8 #B82AB5

tetradic

#B5B82A #2AB874 #2D2AB8 #B82A6E

square

#B5B82A #2AB874 #2D2AB8 #B82A6E

split-complementary

#B5B82A #2A6EB8 #742AB8

monochromatic

#535413 #84861F #B5B82A #D3D64A #DFE17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B5B82A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#B5B82A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B82A

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B82A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B82A	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b82a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 184, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.154 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcd70',
    500: '#b5b82a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b82a;
$custom-light: #cfcd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b82a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.268,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75624,
    "c": 0.15395,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B82A

secondary

#7675C9

accent

#42E645

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B82A

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

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