#B5A137#B5A137

#B5A137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.125 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A137
RGB	rgb(181, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -4.73, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 55.56, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0182 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.125 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4920, 35.5909, 8.7720)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A137 #374BB5

analogous

#B56237 #B5A137 #8AB537

triadic

#B5A137 #37B5A1 #A137B5

tetradic

#B5A137 #37B562 #374BB5 #B5378A

square

#B5A137 #37B562 #374BB5 #B5378A

split-complementary

#B5A137 #378AB5 #6237B5

monochromatic

#574D1A #867729 #B5A137 #CDBB5C #DCCF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B5A137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#B5A137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A137

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A137	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)

#B19D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.125 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbc74',
    500: '#b5a137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a137;
$custom-light: #cfbc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70709,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A137

secondary

#828DC6

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A137

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

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