#B5A231#B5A231

#B5A231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A231
RGB	rgb(181, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -5.57, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 58.22, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0213 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5323, 35.8877, 8.1186)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A231 #3144B5

analogous

#B56031 #B5A231 #86B531

triadic

#B5A231 #31B5A2 #A231B5

tetradic

#B5A231 #31B560 #3144B5 #B53186

square

#B5A231 #31B560 #3144B5 #B53186

split-complementary

#B5A231 #3186B5 #6031B5

monochromatic

#554C17 #857724 #B5A231 #D0BE53 #DDD083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B5A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#B5A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A231

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A231	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd71',
    500: '#b5a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a231;
$custom-light: #cfbd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70876,
    "c": 0.12997,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A231

secondary

#7B86C7

accent

#5DE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A231

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

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