#B5BA2A#B5BA2A

#B5BA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.156 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BA2A
RGB	rgb(181, 186, 42)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 77.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -18.27, 66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 68.91, 105.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0575 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.156 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0342, 45.1097, 8.9462)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BA2A #2F2ABA

analogous

#BA772A #B5BA2A #6DBA2A

triadic

#B5BA2A #2AB5BA #BA2AB5

tetradic

#B5BA2A #2ABA77 #2F2ABA #BA2A6D

square

#B5BA2A #2ABA77 #2F2ABA #BA2A6D

split-complementary

#B5BA2A #2A6DBA #772ABA

monochromatic

#545613 #84881F #B5BA2A #D1D64B #DEE27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#B5BA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#B5BA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BA2A

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BA2A	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ba2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 186, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.156 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfce70',
    500: '#b5ba2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ba2a;
$custom-light: #cfce70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ba2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.083,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76067,
    "c": 0.15595,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BA2A

secondary

#7976CA

accent

#42E647

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BA2A

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

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