#B5A336#B5A336

#B5A336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A336
RGB	rgb(181, 163, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -5.85, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 56.60, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0215 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8206, 36.2860, 8.7644)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A336 #3648B5

analogous

#B56336 #B5A336 #87B536

triadic

#B5A336 #36B5A3 #A336B5

tetradic

#B5A336 #36B563 #3648B5 #B53687

square

#B5A336 #36B563 #3648B5 #B53687

split-complementary

#B5A336 #3687B5 #6336B5

monochromatic

#574E1A #867928 #B5A336 #CEBD5A #DCD089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B5A336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#B5A336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A336

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A336	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 163, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd74',
    500: '#b5a336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a336;
$custom-light: #cfbd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71128,
    "c": 0.12748,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A336

secondary

#818BC6

accent

#5FDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A336

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

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