#B5A033#B5A033

#B5A033 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.127 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A033
RGB	rgb(181, 160, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -4.40, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 56.83, 94.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0177 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.127 98)
XYZ	xyz(32.2260, 35.2060, 8.2293)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A033 #3348B5

analogous

#B55F33 #B5A033 #89B533

triadic

#B5A033 #33B5A0 #A033B5

tetradic

#B5A033 #33B55F #3348B5 #B53389

square

#B5A033 #33B55F #3348B5 #B53389

split-complementary

#B5A033 #3389B5 #5F33B5

monochromatic

#564C18 #857626 #B5A033 #CFBC56 #DDCF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B5A033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B5A033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A033

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A033	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)

#B09C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 160, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.127 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb72',
    500: '#b5a033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a033;
$custom-light: #cfbb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.308,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70464,
    "c": 0.12711,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.35204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A033

secondary

#7D89C6

accent

#61DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A033

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

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