#B5BB49#B5BB49

#B5BB49 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	#B5BB49
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -17.10, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 57.94, 107.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0513 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.137 112)
XYZ	xyz(38.0300, 45.8463, 13.1479)
Luminance	0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BB49 #4F49BB

analogous

#BB8849 #B5BB49 #7CBB49

triadic

#B5BB49 #49B5BB #BB49B5

tetradic

#B5BB49 #49BB88 #4F49BB #BB497C

square

#B5BB49 #49BB88 #4F49BB #BB497C

split-complementary

#B5BB49 #497CBB #8849BB

monochromatic

#616425 #8C9136 #B5BB49 #C7CC76 #D9DCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B5BB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#B5BB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BB49

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BB49	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)

#C8B33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.137 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecf81',
    500: '#b5bb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bb49;
$custom-light: #cecf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76518,
    "c": 0.13664,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.45845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BB49

secondary

#9997C9

accent

#53D559

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BB49

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

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