#B5A03E#B5A03E

#B5A03E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.119 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A03E
RGB	rgb(181, 160, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 65.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -3.79, 52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 52.30, 94.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0147 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.119 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4978, 35.3147, 9.6612)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A03E #3E53B5

analogous

#B5653E #B5A03E #8EB53E

triadic

#B5A03E #3EB5A0 #A03EB5

tetradic

#B5A03E #3EB565 #3E53B5 #B53E8E

square

#B5A03E #3EB565 #3E53B5 #B53E8E

split-complementary

#B5A03E #3E8EB5 #653EB5

monochromatic

#5A4F1F #87782E #B5A03E #CAB966 #DACE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B5A03E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#B5A03E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A03E

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A03E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A03E	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	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)

#AF9C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a03e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 160, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.119 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb78',
    500: '#b5a03e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a03e;
$custom-light: #cebb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a03e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70557,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A03E

secondary

#8994C5

accent

#67D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A03E

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

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