#B5B830#B5B830

#B5B830 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.151 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B830
RGB	rgb(181, 184, 48)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 73.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -17.02, 64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 66.27, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0535 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.151 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7313, 44.3191, 9.4153)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B830 #3330B8

analogous

#B87730 #B5B830 #71B830

triadic

#B5B830 #30B5B8 #B830B5

tetradic

#B5B830 #30B877 #3330B8 #B83071

square

#B5B830 #30B877 #3330B8 #B83071

split-complementary

#B5B830 #3071B8 #7730B8

monochromatic

#565717 #858723 #B5B830 #CFD253 #DDDF84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B5B830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#B5B830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B830

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B830	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)

#C7B012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 184, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.151 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcd73',
    500: '#b5b830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b830;
$custom-light: #cfcd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.324,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75659,
    "c": 0.15077,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B830

secondary

#7D7CC8

accent

#46E249

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B830

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

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