#B5A234#B5A234

#B5A234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.128 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A234
RGB	rgb(181, 162, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -5.42, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 57.07, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0205 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.128 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5977, 35.9139, 8.4632)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A234 #3447B5

analogous

#B56134 #B5A234 #87B534

triadic

#B5A234 #34B5A2 #A234B5

tetradic

#B5A234 #34B561 #3447B5 #B53487

square

#B5A234 #34B561 #3447B5 #B53487

split-complementary

#B5A234 #3487B5 #6134B5

monochromatic

#564D19 #857726 #B5A234 #CFBD57 #DCD087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B5A234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#B5A234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A234

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A234	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)

#B29E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 162, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.128 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd72',
    500: '#b5a234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a234;
$custom-light: #cfbd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.163,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70898,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A234

secondary

#7F89C6

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A234

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

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