#B5B855#B5B855

#B5B855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.123 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B855
RGB	rgb(181, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 53.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -14.66, 49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 51.29, 106.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0431 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.123 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8371, 44.7615, 15.2392)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B855 #5855B8

analogous

#B88955 #B5B855 #84B855

triadic

#B5B855 #55B5B8 #B855B5

tetradic

#B5B855 #55B889 #5855B8 #B85584

square

#B5B855 #55B889 #5855B8 #B85584

split-complementary

#B5B855 #5584B8 #8955B8

monochromatic

#66672B #90933D #B5B855 #C8CA80 #DBDCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B5B855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#B5B855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B855

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B855	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.123 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcd88',
    500: '#b5b855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b855;
$custom-light: #cdcd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.818,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75987,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B855

secondary

#A09FCA

accent

#57D15B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B855

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

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