#B5A333#B5A333

#B5A333 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.129 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A333
RGB	rgb(181, 163, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -6.00, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 57.77, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0223 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.129 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7523, 36.2587, 8.4048)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A333 #3345B5

analogous

#B56233 #B5A333 #86B533

triadic

#B5A333 #33B5A3 #A333B5

tetradic

#B5A333 #33B562 #3345B5 #B53386

square

#B5A333 #33B562 #3345B5 #B53386

split-complementary

#B5A333 #3386B5 #6233B5

monochromatic

#564D18 #857826 #B5A333 #CFBF56 #DDD186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B5A333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B5A333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A333

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A333	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)

#B39E21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 163, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.129 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd72',
    500: '#b5a333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a333;
$custom-light: #cfbd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71105,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A333

secondary

#7D87C6

accent

#5DDF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A333

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

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