#B5A22C#B5A22C

#B5A22C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.133 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A22C
RGB	rgb(181, 162, 44)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -5.79, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 60.03, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0224 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.133 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4326, 35.8478, 7.5934)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A22C #2C3FB5

analogous

#B55E2C #B5A22C #84B52C

triadic

#B5A22C #2CB5A2 #A22CB5

tetradic

#B5A22C #2CB55E #2C3FB5 #B52C84

square

#B5A22C #2CB55E #2C3FB5 #B52C84

split-complementary

#B5A22C #2C84B5 #5E2CB5

monochromatic

#534A14 #847620 #B5A22C #D3C04B #DFD17C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B5A22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#B5A22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A22C

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A22C	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 162, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.133 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd6e',
    500: '#b5a22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a22c;
$custom-light: #cfbd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70842,
    "c": 0.13298,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A22C

secondary

#7581C8

accent

#5AE444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A22C

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

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