#B5BA31#B5BA31

#B5BA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.152 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BA31
RGB	rgb(181, 186, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -17.98, 64.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 66.70, 105.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0561 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.152 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1706, 45.1643, 9.6647)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BA31 #3631BA

analogous

#BA7A31 #B5BA31 #70BA31

triadic

#B5BA31 #31B5BA #BA31B5

tetradic

#B5BA31 #31BA7A #3631BA #BA3170

square

#B5BA31 #31BA7A #3631BA #BA3170

split-complementary

#B5BA31 #3170BA #7A31BA

monochromatic

#575917 #868A24 #B5BA31 #CED256 #DCDF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B5BA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#B5BA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BA31

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BA31	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ba31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 186, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.152 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfce73',
    500: '#b5ba31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ba31;
$custom-light: #cfce73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ba31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.19,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76107,
    "c": 0.15224,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BA31

secondary

#817EC9

accent

#46E24C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BA31

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

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