#B5A237#B5A237

#B5A237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.126 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A237
RGB	rgb(181, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -5.26, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 55.88, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0197 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.126 99)
XYZ	xyz(32.6675, 35.9418, 8.8304)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A237 #374AB5

analogous

#B56337 #B5A237 #89B537

triadic

#B5A237 #37B5A2 #A237B5

tetradic

#B5A237 #37B563 #374AB5 #B53789

square

#B5A237 #37B563 #374AB5 #B53789

split-complementary

#B5A237 #3789B5 #6337B5

monochromatic

#574E1A #867829 #B5A237 #CDBC5C #DCCF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B5A237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#B5A237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A237

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A237	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	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)

#B29E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.126 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd74',
    500: '#b5a237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a237;
$custom-light: #cfbd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70922,
    "c": 0.12596,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.3594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A237

secondary

#828CC6

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A237

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

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