#B5BB23#B5BB23

#B5BB23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.160 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BB23
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 35)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 81.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -19.02, 68.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 71.21, 105.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0601 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.16 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1311, 45.4867, 8.4136)
Luminance	0.4549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BB23 #2923BB

analogous

#BB7523 #B5BB23 #69BB23

triadic

#B5BB23 #23B5BB #BB23B5

tetradic

#B5BB23 #23BB75 #2923BB #BB2369

square

#B5BB23 #23BB75 #2923BB #BB2369

split-complementary

#B5BB23 #2369BB #7523BB

monochromatic

#515410 #838719 #B5BB23 #D5DB40 #E0E574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B5BB23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#B5BB23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BB23

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BB23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BB23	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bb23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.160 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcf6e',
    500: '#b5bb23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bb23;
$custom-light: #cfcf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bb23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.368,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76255,
    "c": 0.16012,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BB23

secondary

#726ECC

accent

#3CEB43

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BB23

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

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