#B5A032#B5A032

#B5A032 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.128 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A032
RGB	rgb(181, 160, 50)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, -4.45, 57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 57.22, 94.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.018 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.128 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2042, 35.1973, 8.1145)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A032 #3247B5

analogous

#B55F32 #B5A032 #88B532

triadic

#B5A032 #32B5A0 #A032B5

tetradic

#B5A032 #32B55F #3247B5 #B53288

square

#B5A032 #32B55F #3247B5 #B53288

split-complementary

#B5A032 #3288B5 #5F32B5

monochromatic

#554B18 #857625 #B5A032 #D0BC54 #DDCF84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B5A032 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B5A032 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A032

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A032	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A032	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)

#B09C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a032;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 160, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.128 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb71',
    500: '#b5a032',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a032;
$custom-light: #cfbb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a032",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70456,
    "c": 0.12777,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A032

secondary

#7C88C7

accent

#60E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A032

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

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