#B5A136#B5A136

#B5A136 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.126 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A136
RGB	rgb(181, 161, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -4.78, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 55.96, 94.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0185 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.126 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4683, 35.5814, 8.6470)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A136 #364AB5

analogous

#B56136 #B5A136 #89B536

triadic

#B5A136 #36B5A1 #A136B5

tetradic

#B5A136 #36B561 #364AB5 #B53689

square

#B5A136 #36B561 #364AB5 #B53689

split-complementary

#B5A136 #3689B5 #6136B5

monochromatic

#574D1A #867728 #B5A136 #CEBC5A #DCCF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B5A136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#B5A136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A136

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A136	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 161, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.126 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbc73',
    500: '#b5a136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a136;
$custom-light: #cfbc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.707,
    "c": 0.12586,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A136

secondary

#818CC6

accent

#62DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A136

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

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