#B5A235#B5A235

#B5A235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.127 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A235
RGB	rgb(181, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -5.37, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 56.67, 95.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0202 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6205, 35.9230, 8.5831)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A235 #3548B5

analogous

#B56235 #B5A235 #88B535

triadic

#B5A235 #35B5A2 #A235B5

tetradic

#B5A235 #35B562 #3548B5 #B53588

square

#B5A235 #35B562 #3548B5 #B53588

split-complementary

#B5A235 #3588B5 #6235B5

monochromatic

#564D19 #867827 #B5A235 #CEBD59 #DCD088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B5A235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#B5A235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A235

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A235	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)

#B29E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd73',
    500: '#b5a235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a235;
$custom-light: #cfbd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70906,
    "c": 0.12735,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A235

secondary

#808AC6

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A235

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

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