#B5A132#B5A132

#B5A132 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.129 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A132
RGB	rgb(181, 161, 50)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, -4.99, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 57.53, 94.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0195 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.129 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3782, 35.5454, 8.1725)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A132 #3246B5

analogous

#B56032 #B5A132 #87B532

triadic

#B5A132 #32B5A1 #A132B5

tetradic

#B5A132 #32B560 #3246B5 #B53287

square

#B5A132 #32B560 #3246B5 #B53287

split-complementary

#B5A132 #3287B5 #6032B5

monochromatic

#554C18 #857625 #B5A132 #D0BD54 #DDD084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B5A132 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#B5A132 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A132

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A132	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A132	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a132;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 161, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.129 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbc71',
    500: '#b5a132',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a132;
$custom-light: #cfbc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a132",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7067,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A132

secondary

#7C88C7

accent

#5FE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A132

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

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