#B5BB57#B5BB57

#B5BB57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.124 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BB57
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -16.02, 49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 51.73, 108.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0467 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.124 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5475, 46.0533, 15.8735)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BB57 #5D57BB

analogous

#BB8F57 #B5BB57 #83BB57

triadic

#B5BB57 #57B5BB #BB57B5

tetradic

#B5BB57 #57BB8F #5D57BB #BB5783

square

#B5BB57 #57BB8F #5D57BB #BB5783

split-complementary

#B5BB57 #5783BB #8F57BB

monochromatic

#686C2C #92973D #B5BB57 #C8CD83 #DBDEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B5BB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#B5BB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BB57

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BB57	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)

#C7B34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.124 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcf89',
    500: '#b5bb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bb57;
$custom-light: #cdcf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.6,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76669,
    "c": 0.12427,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BB57

secondary

#A4A2CC

accent

#56D25D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BB57

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

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