#B5A134#B5A134

#B5A134 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.127 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A134
RGB	rgb(181, 161, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -4.89, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 56.75, 94.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.019 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.127 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4223, 35.5630, 8.4047)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A134 #3448B5

analogous

#B56134 #B5A134 #88B534

triadic

#B5A134 #34B5A1 #A134B5

tetradic

#B5A134 #34B561 #3448B5 #B53488

square

#B5A134 #34B561 #3448B5 #B53488

split-complementary

#B5A134 #3488B5 #6134B5

monochromatic

#564C19 #857726 #B5A134 #CFBC57 #DCCF87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B5A134 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#B5A134 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A134

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A134	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A134	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)

#B19D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a134;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 161, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.127 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbc72',
    500: '#b5a134',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a134;
$custom-light: #cfbc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a134",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.698,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70685,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A134

secondary

#7F8AC6

accent

#60DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A134

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

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