#B5A22F#B5A22F

#B5A22F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A22F
RGB	rgb(181, 162, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 74%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -5.66, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 58.96, 95.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0217 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4910, 35.8712, 7.9012)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A22F #2F42B5

analogous

#B55F2F #B5A22F #85B52F

triadic

#B5A22F #2FB5A2 #A22FB5

tetradic

#B5A22F #2FB55F #2F42B5 #B52F85

square

#B5A22F #2FB55F #2F42B5 #B52F85

split-complementary

#B5A22F #2F85B5 #5F2FB5

monochromatic

#544B16 #847722 #B5A22F #D1BF50 #DED180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B5A22F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#B5A22F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A22F

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A22F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A22F	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)

#B29E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a22f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 162, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd70',
    500: '#b5a22f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a22f;
$custom-light: #cfbd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a22f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70862,
    "c": 0.13121,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A22F

secondary

#7984C7

accent

#5CE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A22F

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

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