#B5A22E#B5A22E

#B5A22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.132 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A22E
RGB	rgb(181, 162, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -5.70, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 59.32, 95.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.022 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.132 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4711, 35.8632, 7.7962)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A22E #2E41B5

analogous

#B55F2E #B5A22E #84B52E

triadic

#B5A22E #2EB5A2 #A22EB5

tetradic

#B5A22E #2EB55F #2E41B5 #B52E84

square

#B5A22E #2EB55F #2E41B5 #B52E84

split-complementary

#B5A22E #2E84B5 #5F2EB5

monochromatic

#534B15 #847622 #B5A22E #D2BF4E #DED17F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B5A22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#B5A22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A22E

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A22E	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)

#B29E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 162, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.132 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd6f',
    500: '#b5a22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a22e;
$custom-light: #cfbd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.556,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70855,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A22E

secondary

#7883C7

accent

#5BE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A22E

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

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