#B5BB48#B5BB48

#B5BB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.137 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BB48
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 72)
HSL	hsl(63, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -17.17, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 58.37, 107.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0516 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.137 112)
XYZ	xyz(37.9971, 45.8331, 12.9747)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BB48 #4E48BB

analogous

#BB8748 #B5BB48 #7BBB48

triadic

#B5BB48 #48B5BB #BB48B5

tetradic

#B5BB48 #48BB87 #4E48BB #BB487B

square

#B5BB48 #48BB87 #4E48BB #BB487B

split-complementary

#B5BB48 #487BBB #8748BB

monochromatic

#606425 #8B9036 #B5BB48 #C7CC75 #D9DCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B5BB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#B5BB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BB48

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BB48	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B33A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bb48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.137 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecf80',
    500: '#b5bb48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bb48;
$custom-light: #cecf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bb48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.13,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76508,
    "c": 0.13745,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.45832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BB48

secondary

#9996C9

accent

#52D559

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BB48

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

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