#B5B931#B5B931

#B5B931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.151 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B931
RGB	rgb(181, 185, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -17.48, 63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 66.32, 105.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0547 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.151 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9606, 44.7444, 9.5947)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B931 #3531B9

analogous

#B97931 #B5B931 #71B931

triadic

#B5B931 #31B5B9 #B931B5

tetradic

#B5B931 #31B979 #3531B9 #B93171

square

#B5B931 #31B979 #3531B9 #B93171

split-complementary

#B5B931 #3171B9 #7931B9

monochromatic

#565817 #868924 #B5B931 #CED255 #DCDF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B5B931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#B5B931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B931

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B931	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)

#C8B114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 185, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.151 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcd73',
    500: '#b5b931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b931;
$custom-light: #cfcd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75886,
    "c": 0.15122,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B931

secondary

#807DC8

accent

#46E14B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B931

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

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