#B5A135#B5A135

#B5A135 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.127 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A135
RGB	rgb(181, 161, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -4.83, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 56.36, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0187 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.127 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4451, 35.5721, 8.5246)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A135 #3549B5

analogous

#B56135 #B5A135 #89B535

triadic

#B5A135 #35B5A1 #A135B5

tetradic

#B5A135 #35B561 #3549B5 #B53589

square

#B5A135 #35B561 #3549B5 #B53589

split-complementary

#B5A135 #3589B5 #6135B5

monochromatic

#564D19 #867727 #B5A135 #CEBC59 #DCCF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B5A135 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#B5A135 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A135

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A135	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A135	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)

#B19D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a135;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 161, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.127 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbc73',
    500: '#b5a135',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a135;
$custom-light: #cfbc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a135",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70692,
    "c": 0.12656,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A135

secondary

#808BC6

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A135

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

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