#B5A12C#B5A12C

#B5A12C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A12C
RGB	rgb(181, 161, 44)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, -5.26, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 59.73, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0209 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2571, 35.4969, 7.5349)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A12C #2C40B5

analogous

#B55D2C #B5A12C #85B52C

triadic

#B5A12C #2CB5A1 #A12CB5

tetradic

#B5A12C #2CB55D #2C40B5 #B52C85

square

#B5A12C #2CB55D #2C40B5 #B52C85

split-complementary

#B5A12C #2C85B5 #5D2CB5

monochromatic

#534914 #847520 #B5A12C #D3BF4B #DFD17C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B5A12C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#B5A12C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A12C

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A12C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A12C	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)

#B19D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a12c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 161, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbc6e',
    500: '#b5a12c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a12c;
$custom-light: #cfbc6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a12c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70628,
    "c": 0.1322,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A12C

secondary

#7581C8

accent

#5BE444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A12C

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

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