#B5A03B#B5A03B

#B5A03B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.121 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A03B
RGB	rgb(181, 160, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -3.97, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 53.58, 94.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0156 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.121 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4178, 35.2827, 9.2395)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A03B #3B50B5

analogous

#B5633B #B5A03B #8DB53B

triadic

#B5A03B #3BB5A0 #A03BB5

tetradic

#B5A03B #3BB563 #3B50B5 #B53B8D

square

#B5A03B #3BB563 #3B50B5 #B53B8D

split-complementary

#B5A03B #3B8DB5 #633BB5

monochromatic

#594E1D #87772C #B5A03B #CCB962 #DBCE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B5A03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#B5A03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A03B

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A03B	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 160, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.121 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb76',
    500: '#b5a03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a03b;
$custom-light: #cebb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7053,
    "c": 0.12147,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A03B

secondary

#8691C6

accent

#66DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A03B

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

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