#B5BA36#B5BA36

#B5BA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.149 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BA36
RGB	rgb(181, 186, 54)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -17.74, 62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 64.98, 105.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.055 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.149 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2820, 45.2088, 10.2516)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BA36 #3B36BA

analogous

#BA7D36 #B5BA36 #73BA36

triadic

#B5BA36 #36B5BA #BA36B5

tetradic

#B5BA36 #36BA7D #3B36BA #BA3673

square

#B5BA36 #36BA7D #3B36BA #BA3673

split-complementary

#B5BA36 #3673BA #7D36BA

monochromatic

#595B1A #878B28 #B5BA36 #CCD05D #DBDE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B5BA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#B5BA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BA36

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BA36	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)

#C8B21F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ba36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 186, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.149 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfce76',
    500: '#b5ba36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ba36;
$custom-light: #cfce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ba36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.273,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7614,
    "c": 0.14927,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BA36

secondary

#8684C8

accent

#49DE4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BA36

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

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