#B5B835#B5B835

#B5B835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.148 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B835
RGB	rgb(181, 184, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -16.78, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 64.55, 105.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0524 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.148 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8404, 44.3628, 9.9897)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B835 #3835B8

analogous

#B87A35 #B5B835 #74B835

triadic

#B5B835 #35B5B8 #B835B5

tetradic

#B5B835 #35B87A #3835B8 #B83574

square

#B5B835 #35B87A #3835B8 #B83574

split-complementary

#B5B835 #3574B8 #7A35B8

monochromatic

#58591A #868827 #B5B835 #CDD05B #DBDD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B5B835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#B5B835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B835

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B835	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)

#C6B01D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 184, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.148 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcd75',
    500: '#b5b835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b835;
$custom-light: #cfcd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.374,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75691,
    "c": 0.14782,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B835

secondary

#8381C7

accent

#49DF4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B835

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

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