#B5A232#B5A232

#B5A232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.129 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A232
RGB	rgb(181, 162, 50)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, -5.52, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 57.84, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.021 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.129 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5537, 35.8963, 8.2310)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A232 #3245B5

analogous

#B56132 #B5A232 #86B532

triadic

#B5A232 #32B5A2 #A232B5

tetradic

#B5A232 #32B561 #3245B5 #B53286

square

#B5A232 #32B561 #3245B5 #B53286

split-complementary

#B5A232 #3286B5 #6132B5

monochromatic

#554C18 #857725 #B5A232 #D0BE54 #DDD084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B5A232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#B5A232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A232

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A232	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)

#B29E20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 162, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.129 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd71',
    500: '#b5a232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a232;
$custom-light: #cfbd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70883,
    "c": 0.12933,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A232

secondary

#7C87C7

accent

#5EE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A232

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

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