#B5A239#B5A239

#B5A239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.125 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A239
RGB	rgb(181, 162, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -5.15, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 55.06, 95.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0192 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.125 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7164, 35.9614, 9.0881)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A239 #394CB5

analogous

#B56439 #B5A239 #8AB539

triadic

#B5A239 #39B5A2 #A239B5

tetradic

#B5A239 #39B564 #394CB5 #B5398A

square

#B5A239 #39B564 #394CB5 #B5398A

split-complementary

#B5A239 #398AB5 #6439B5

monochromatic

#584F1C #86782A #B5A239 #CDBC5F #DBCF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B5A239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#B5A239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A239

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A239	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)

#B19E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 162, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.125 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd75',
    500: '#b5a239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a239;
$custom-light: #cfbd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.806,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70939,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A239

secondary

#848EC6

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A239

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

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