#B5A040#B5A040

#B5A040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.118 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A040
RGB	rgb(181, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -3.66, 51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 51.43, 94.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0141 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.118 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5537, 35.3371, 9.9555)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A040 #4055B5

analogous

#B56640 #B5A040 #8FB540

triadic

#B5A040 #40B5A0 #A040B5

tetradic

#B5A040 #40B566 #4055B5 #B5408F

square

#B5A040 #40B566 #4055B5 #B5408F

split-complementary

#B5A040 #408FB5 #6640B5

monochromatic

#5B5020 #887830 #B5A040 #CAB868 #DACE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B5A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B5A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A040

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A040	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.118 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb79',
    500: '#b5a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a040;
$custom-light: #cebb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70577,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A040

secondary

#8B96C5

accent

#69D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A040

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

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