#B5A335#B5A335

#B5A335 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.128 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A335
RGB	rgb(181, 163, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -5.90, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 56.99, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.0218 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.128 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7974, 36.2767, 8.6420)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A335 #3547B5

analogous

#B56335 #B5A335 #87B535

triadic

#B5A335 #35B5A3 #A335B5

tetradic

#B5A335 #35B563 #3547B5 #B53587

square

#B5A335 #35B563 #3547B5 #B53587

split-complementary

#B5A335 #3587B5 #6335B5

monochromatic

#564E19 #867827 #B5A335 #CEBE59 #DCD088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B5A335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B5A335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A335

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A335	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	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)

#B39F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 163, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.128 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd73',
    500: '#b5a335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a335;
$custom-light: #cfbd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.562,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7112,
    "c": 0.12815,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A335

secondary

#808AC6

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A335

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

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