#B5B83B#B5B83B

#B5B83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.144 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B83B
RGB	rgb(181, 184, 59)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 67.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -16.47, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 62.34, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0509 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.144 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9871, 44.4215, 10.7626)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B83B #3E3BB8

analogous

#B87C3B #B5B83B #76B83B

triadic

#B5B83B #3BB5B8 #B83BB5

tetradic

#B5B83B #3BB87C #3E3BB8 #B83B76

square

#B5B83B #3BB87C #3E3BB8 #B83B76

split-complementary

#B5B83B #3B76B8 #7C3BB8

monochromatic

#5A5B1D #878A2C #B5B83B #CACD63 #DADC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B5B83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#B5B83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B83B

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B83B	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 184, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.144 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecd78',
    500: '#b5b83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b83b;
$custom-light: #cecd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.44,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75735,
    "c": 0.14391,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B83B

secondary

#8988C7

accent

#4DDB50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B83B

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

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