#B5A330#B5A330

#B5A330 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.131 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A330
RGB	rgb(181, 163, 48)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -6.14, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 58.90, 95.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.023 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.131 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6883, 36.2331, 8.0676)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A330 #3042B5

analogous

#B56130 #B5A330 #84B530

triadic

#B5A330 #30B5A3 #A330B5

tetradic

#B5A330 #30B561 #3042B5 #B53084

square

#B5A330 #30B561 #3042B5 #B53084

split-complementary

#B5A330 #3084B5 #6130B5

monochromatic

#544C16 #857723 #B5A330 #D1C051 #DED182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B5A330 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B5A330 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A330

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A330	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A330	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a330;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 163, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.131 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd70',
    500: '#b5a330',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a330;
$custom-light: #cfbd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a330",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.88,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71083,
    "c": 0.1314,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A330

secondary

#7A84C7

accent

#5BE146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A330

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

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