#B5B833#B5B833

#B5B833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.149 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B833
RGB	rgb(181, 184, 51)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 72.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -16.88, 63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 65.25, 104.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0529 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.149 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7953, 44.3447, 9.7524)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B833 #3633B8

analogous

#B87833 #B5B833 #72B833

triadic

#B5B833 #33B5B8 #B833B5

tetradic

#B5B833 #33B878 #3633B8 #B83372

square

#B5B833 #33B878 #3633B8 #B83372

split-complementary

#B5B833 #3372B8 #7833B8

monochromatic

#575818 #868826 #B5B833 #CED158 #DCDE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B5B833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#B5B833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B833

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B833	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 184, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.149 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcd74',
    500: '#b5b833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b833;
$custom-light: #cfcd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.353,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75678,
    "c": 0.14903,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B833

secondary

#817FC8

accent

#48E04B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B833

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

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