#B5A034#B5A034

#B5A034 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.126 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A034
RGB	rgb(181, 160, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -4.35, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 56.44, 94.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0175 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.126 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2482, 35.2149, 8.3467)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A034 #3449B5

analogous

#B56034 #B5A034 #89B534

triadic

#B5A034 #34B5A0 #A034B5

tetradic

#B5A034 #34B560 #3449B5 #B53489

square

#B5A034 #34B560 #3449B5 #B53489

split-complementary

#B5A034 #3489B5 #6034B5

monochromatic

#564C19 #857626 #B5A034 #CFBB57 #DCCF87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B5A034 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B5A034 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A034

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A034	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A034	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)

#B09C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a034;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 160, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.126 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb72',
    500: '#b5a034',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a034;
$custom-light: #cfbb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a034",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70471,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A034

secondary

#7F8AC6

accent

#61DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A034

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

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