#B5A02B#B5A02B

#B5A02B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.132 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A02B
RGB	rgb(181, 160, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -4.77, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 59.78, 94.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0196 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.132 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0645, 35.1414, 7.3791)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A02B #2B40B5

analogous

#B55B2B #B5A02B #85B52B

triadic

#B5A02B #2BB5A0 #A02BB5

tetradic

#B5A02B #2BB55B #2B40B5 #B52B85

square

#B5A02B #2BB55B #2B40B5 #B52B85

split-complementary

#B5A02B #2B85B5 #5B2BB5

monochromatic

#524914 #84741F #B5A02B #D4BF49 #E0D07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B5A02B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#B5A02B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A02B

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A02B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A02B	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a02b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 160, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.132 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb6e',
    500: '#b5a02b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a02b;
$custom-light: #cfbb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a02b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70408,
    "c": 0.13201,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A02B

secondary

#7481C8

accent

#5CE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A02B

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

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