#B5A331#B5A331

#B5A331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.131 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A331
RGB	rgb(181, 163, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -6.10, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 58.53, 95.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0228 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.131 100)
XYZ	xyz(32.7092, 36.2414, 8.1775)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A331 #3143B5

analogous

#B56131 #B5A331 #85B531

triadic

#B5A331 #31B5A3 #A331B5

tetradic

#B5A331 #31B561 #3143B5 #B53185

square

#B5A331 #31B561 #3143B5 #B53185

split-complementary

#B5A331 #3185B5 #6131B5

monochromatic

#554C17 #857824 #B5A331 #D0BF53 #DDD183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B5A331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B5A331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A331

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A331	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)

#B39E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 163, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.131 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd71',
    500: '#b5a331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a331;
$custom-light: #cfbd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7109,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.3624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A331

secondary

#7B85C7

accent

#5CE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A331

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

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