#B5BA37#B5BA37

#B5BA37 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	#B5BA37
RGB	rgb(181, 186, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -17.69, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 64.62, 105.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0548 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.149 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3057, 45.2183, 10.3765)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BA37 #3C37BA

analogous

#BA7E37 #B5BA37 #74BA37

triadic

#B5BA37 #37B5BA #BA37B5

tetradic

#B5BA37 #37BA7E #3C37BA #BA3774

square

#B5BA37 #37BA7E #3C37BA #BA3774

split-complementary

#B5BA37 #3774BA #7E37BA

monochromatic

#595C1B #878B29 #B5BA37 #CBD05F #DBDE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B5BA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#B5BA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BA37

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BA37	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)

#C8B220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ba37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 186, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.149 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfce76',
    500: '#b5ba37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ba37;
$custom-light: #cfce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ba37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.29,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76147,
    "c": 0.14865,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BA37

secondary

#8785C8

accent

#4ADE50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BA37

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

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