#B5A12A#B5A12A

#B5A12A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A12A
RGB	rgb(181, 161, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -5.34, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 60.42, 95.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0213 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2205, 35.4823, 7.3417)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A12A #2A3EB5

analogous

#B55B2A #B5A12A #83B52A

triadic

#B5A12A #2AB5A1 #A12AB5

tetradic

#B5A12A #2AB55B #2A3EB5 #B52A83

square

#B5A12A #2AB55B #2A3EB5 #B52A83

split-complementary

#B5A12A #2A83B5 #5B2AB5

monochromatic

#524913 #83751E #B5A12A #D4C048 #E0D179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B5A12A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#B5A12A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A12A

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A12A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A12A	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a12a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 161, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbc6d',
    500: '#b5a12a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a12a;
$custom-light: #cfbc6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a12a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70615,
    "c": 0.13334,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A12A

secondary

#737FC8

accent

#5AE542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A12A

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

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