#B5BA35#B5BA35

#B5BA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.150 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BA35
RGB	rgb(181, 186, 53)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -17.79, 62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 65.33, 105.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0552 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.15 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2588, 45.1995, 10.1292)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BA35 #3A35BA

analogous

#BA7D35 #B5BA35 #72BA35

triadic

#B5BA35 #35B5BA #BA35B5

tetradic

#B5BA35 #35BA7D #3A35BA #BA3572

square

#B5BA35 #35BA7D #3A35BA #BA3572

split-complementary

#B5BA35 #3572BA #7D35BA

monochromatic

#585B1A #878A27 #B5BA35 #CCD05C #DBDE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B5BA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#B5BA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BA35

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BA35	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B21D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ba35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 186, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.150 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfce75',
    500: '#b5ba35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ba35;
$custom-light: #cfce75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ba35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.256,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76133,
    "c": 0.14989,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BA35

secondary

#8582C8

accent

#49DF4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BA35

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

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