#B5A031#B5A031

#B5A031 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.128 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A031
RGB	rgb(181, 160, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, -4.50, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 57.60, 94.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.0182 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.128 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1828, 35.1887, 8.0021)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A031 #3146B5

analogous

#B55E31 #B5A031 #88B531

triadic

#B5A031 #31B5A0 #A031B5

tetradic

#B5A031 #31B55E #3146B5 #B53188

square

#B5A031 #31B55E #3146B5 #B53188

split-complementary

#B5A031 #3188B5 #5E31B5

monochromatic

#554B17 #857524 #B5A031 #D0BC53 #DDCF83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B5A031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B5A031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A031

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A031	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)

#B09C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 160, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.128 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb71',
    500: '#b5a031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a031;
$custom-light: #cfbb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70449,
    "c": 0.12841,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A031

secondary

#7B87C7

accent

#60E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A031

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

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