#B5BA38#B5BA38

#B5BA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.148 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BA38
RGB	rgb(181, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -17.64, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 64.26, 105.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0545 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.148 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3300, 45.2280, 10.5040)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BA38 #3D38BA

analogous

#BA7E38 #B5BA38 #74BA38

triadic

#B5BA38 #38B5BA #BA38B5

tetradic

#B5BA38 #38BA7E #3D38BA #BA3874

square

#B5BA38 #38BA7E #3D38BA #BA3874

split-complementary

#B5BA38 #3874BA #7E38BA

monochromatic

#595C1C #878B2A #B5BA38 #CBCF60 #DADD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B5BA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#B5BA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BA38

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BA38	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.148 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cece77',
    500: '#b5ba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ba38;
$custom-light: #cece77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76154,
    "c": 0.148,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BA38

secondary

#8886C8

accent

#4BDD50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BA38

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

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