#B5A141#B5A141

#B5A141 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.118 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A141
RGB	rgb(181, 161, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -4.13, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 51.31, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0153 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.118 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7565, 35.6967, 10.1647)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A141 #4155B5

analogous

#B56741 #B5A141 #8FB541

triadic

#B5A141 #41B5A1 #A141B5

tetradic

#B5A141 #41B567 #4155B5 #B5418F

square

#B5A141 #41B567 #4155B5 #B5418F

split-complementary

#B5A141 #418FB5 #6741B5

monochromatic

#5B5121 #887931 #B5A141 #C9B96A #DACE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B5A141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#B5A141 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A141

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A141	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 161, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.118 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebc7a',
    500: '#b5a141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a141;
$custom-light: #cebc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70799,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A141

secondary

#8C96C5

accent

#68D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A141

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

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