#B5B940#B5B940

#B5B940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.141 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B940
RGB	rgb(181, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -16.68, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 60.80, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.051 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.141 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3316, 44.8928, 11.5481)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B940 #4440B9

analogous

#B98140 #B5B940 #79B940

triadic

#B5B940 #40B5B9 #B940B5

tetradic

#B5B940 #40B981 #4440B9 #B94079

square

#B5B940 #40B981 #4440B9 #B94079

split-complementary

#B5B940 #4079B9 #8140B9

monochromatic

#5C5E21 #898C30 #B5B940 #C8CC6B #D9DB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#B5B940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#B5B940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B940

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B940	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.141 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecd7b',
    500: '#b5b940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b940;
$custom-light: #cecd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.983,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75996,
    "c": 0.14143,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B940

secondary

#908EC7

accent

#50D854

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B940

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

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