#B5BB2A#B5BB2A

#B5BB2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.157 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BB2A
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 42)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 77.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -18.77, 66.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 69.28, 105.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0589 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.157 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2456, 45.5325, 9.0167)
Luminance	0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BB2A #302ABB

analogous

#BB792A #B5BB2A #6CBB2A

triadic

#B5BB2A #2AB5BB #BB2AB5

tetradic

#B5BB2A #2ABB79 #302ABB #BB2A6C

square

#B5BB2A #2ABB79 #302ABB #BB2A6C

split-complementary

#B5BB2A #2A6CBB #792ABB

monochromatic

#545714 #85891F #B5BB2A #D1D74C #DEE27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B5BB2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#B5BB2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BB2A

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BB2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BB2A	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bb2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.157 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcf70',
    500: '#b5bb2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bb2a;
$custom-light: #cfcf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bb2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.483,
    "s": 63.319,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76289,
    "c": 0.15697,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BB2A

secondary

#7A76CA

accent

#41E648

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BB2A

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

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