#B5BB56#B5BB56

#B5BB56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.125 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BB56
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -16.10, 49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 52.19, 107.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.0471 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.125 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5069, 46.0371, 15.6599)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BB56 #5C56BB

analogous

#BB8E56 #B5BB56 #82BB56

triadic

#B5BB56 #56B5BB #BB56B5

tetradic

#B5BB56 #56BB8E #5C56BB #BB5682

square

#B5BB56 #56BB8E #5C56BB #BB5682

split-complementary

#B5BB56 #5682BB #8E56BB

monochromatic

#686B2B #92973D #B5BB56 #C8CD82 #DBDEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B5BB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#B5BB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BB56

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BB56	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.125 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcf89',
    500: '#b5bb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bb56;
$custom-light: #cdcf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.564,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76657,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BB56

secondary

#A3A1CC

accent

#55D25D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BB56

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

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