#B5BB59#B5BB59

#B5BB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.122 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BB59
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -15.85, 48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 50.80, 108.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.046 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.122 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6303, 46.0864, 16.3098)
Luminance	0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BB59 #5F59BB

analogous

#BB9059 #B5BB59 #84BB59

triadic

#B5BB59 #59B5BB #BB59B5

tetradic

#B5BB59 #59BB90 #5F59BB #BB5984

square

#B5BB59 #59BB90 #5F59BB #BB5984

split-complementary

#B5BB59 #5984BB #9059BB

monochromatic

#696D2D #93983E #B5BB59 #C8CD84 #DCDFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B5BB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#B5BB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BB59

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BB59	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.122 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcf8b',
    500: '#b5bb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bb59;
$custom-light: #cdcf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.673,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76693,
    "c": 0.12235,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BB59

secondary

#A6A3CD

accent

#56D25E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BB59

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

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