#B5A138#B5A138

#B5A138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.124 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A138
RGB	rgb(181, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -4.67, 54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 55.15, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0179 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.124 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5162, 35.6006, 8.8995)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A138 #384CB5

analogous

#B56338 #B5A138 #8BB538

triadic

#B5A138 #38B5A1 #A138B5

tetradic

#B5A138 #38B563 #384CB5 #B5388B

square

#B5A138 #38B563 #384CB5 #B5388B

split-complementary

#B5A138 #388BB5 #6338B5

monochromatic

#584E1B #86772A #B5A138 #CDBB5D #DBCF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B5A138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#B5A138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A138

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A138	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)

#B19D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.124 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbc75',
    500: '#b5a138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a138;
$custom-light: #cfbc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70717,
    "c": 0.12446,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A138

secondary

#838EC6

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A138

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

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