#B5A236#B5A236

#B5A236 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 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A236
RGB	rgb(181, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -5.31, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 56.28, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.02 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6438, 35.9323, 8.7055)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A236 #3649B5

analogous

#B56236 #B5A236 #88B536

triadic

#B5A236 #36B5A2 #A236B5

tetradic

#B5A236 #36B562 #3649B5 #B53688

square

#B5A236 #36B562 #3649B5 #B53688

split-complementary

#B5A236 #3688B5 #6236B5

monochromatic

#574E1A #867828 #B5A236 #CEBD5A #DCD089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B5A236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#B5A236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A236

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A236	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd74',
    500: '#b5a236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a236;
$custom-light: #cfbd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70914,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A236

secondary

#818BC6

accent

#60DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A236

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

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