#B5BB38#B5BB38

#B5BB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.149 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BB38
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, -18.14, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 64.66, 106.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.0559 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.149 112)
XYZ	xyz(37.5414, 45.6508, 10.5745)
Luminance	0.4565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BB38 #3E38BB

analogous

#BB7F38 #B5BB38 #74BB38

triadic

#B5BB38 #38B5BB #BB38B5

tetradic

#B5BB38 #38BB7F #3E38BB #BB3874

square

#B5BB38 #38BB7F #3E38BB #BB3874

split-complementary

#B5BB38 #3874BB #7F38BB

monochromatic

#5A5D1C #878C2A #B5BB38 #CAD061 #DADE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B5BB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#B5BB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BB38

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BB38	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.149 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecf77',
    500: '#b5bb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bb38;
$custom-light: #cecf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.748,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76375,
    "c": 0.14906,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.4565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BB38

secondary

#8986C8

accent

#4BDD51

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BB38

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

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