#B5A02C#B5A02C

#B5A02C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.131 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A02C
RGB	rgb(181, 160, 44)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -4.73, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 59.43, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0194 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.131 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0831, 35.1488, 7.4769)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A02C #2C41B5

analogous

#B55C2C #B5A02C #86B52C

triadic

#B5A02C #2CB5A0 #A02CB5

tetradic

#B5A02C #2CB55C #2C41B5 #B52C86

square

#B5A02C #2CB55C #2C41B5 #B52C86

split-complementary

#B5A02C #2C86B5 #5C2CB5

monochromatic

#534914 #847420 #B5A02C #D3BE4B #DFD07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B5A02C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#B5A02C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A02C

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A02C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A02C	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)

#B09C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a02c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 160, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.131 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb6e',
    500: '#b5a02c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a02c;
$custom-light: #cfbb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a02c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70414,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A02C

secondary

#7582C8

accent

#5CE444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A02C

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

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