#B5A030#B5A030

#B5A030 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.129 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A030
RGB	rgb(181, 160, 48)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -4.55, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 57.98, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0185 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.129 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1619, 35.1804, 7.8922)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A030 #3045B5

analogous

#B55D30 #B5A030 #88B530

triadic

#B5A030 #30B5A0 #A030B5

tetradic

#B5A030 #30B55D #3045B5 #B53088

square

#B5A030 #30B55D #3045B5 #B53088

split-complementary

#B5A030 #3088B5 #5D30B5

monochromatic

#544A16 #857523 #B5A030 #D1BD51 #DECF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B5A030 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B5A030 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A030

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A030	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A030	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a030;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 160, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.129 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb70',
    500: '#b5a030',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a030;
$custom-light: #cfbb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a030",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70442,
    "c": 0.12904,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A030

secondary

#7A86C7

accent

#5FE146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A030

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

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