#B5BB52#B5BB52

#B5BB52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.129 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BB52
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 82)
HSL	hsl(63, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -16.43, 51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 54.01, 107.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0484 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.129 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3503, 45.9744, 14.8347)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BB52 #5852BB

analogous

#BB8D52 #B5BB52 #80BB52

triadic

#B5BB52 #52B5BB #BB52B5

tetradic

#B5BB52 #52BB8D #5852BB #BB5280

square

#B5BB52 #52BB8D #5852BB #BB5280

split-complementary

#B5BB52 #5280BB #8D52BB

monochromatic

#666929 #90953B #B5BB52 #C8CC7E #DBDEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B5BB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#B5BB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BB52

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BB52	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bb52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.129 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcf86',
    500: '#b5bb52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bb52;
$custom-light: #cdcf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bb52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76611,
    "c": 0.12889,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BB52

secondary

#A09ECB

accent

#54D35C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BB52

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

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