#B5B933#B5B933

#B5B933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.150 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B933
RGB	rgb(181, 185, 51)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -17.38, 63.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 65.64, 105.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0543 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.15 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0038, 44.7617, 9.8219)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B933 #3733B9

analogous

#B97A33 #B5B933 #72B933

triadic

#B5B933 #33B5B9 #B933B5

tetradic

#B5B933 #33B97A #3733B9 #B93372

square

#B5B933 #33B97A #3733B9 #B93372

split-complementary

#B5B933 #3372B9 #7A33B9

monochromatic

#575919 #868926 #B5B933 #CDD158 #DCDE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B5B933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#B5B933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B933

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B933	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)

#C7B119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 185, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.150 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcd74',
    500: '#b5b933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b933;
$custom-light: #cfcd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.791,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75899,
    "c": 0.15006,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B933

secondary

#8280C8

accent

#48E04C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B933

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

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