#B5A337#B5A337

#B5A337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.127 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A337
RGB	rgb(181, 163, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -5.79, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 56.20, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0212 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.127 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8443, 36.2955, 8.8894)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A337 #3749B5

analogous

#B56437 #B5A337 #88B537

triadic

#B5A337 #37B5A3 #A337B5

tetradic

#B5A337 #37B564 #3749B5 #B53788

square

#B5A337 #37B564 #3749B5 #B53788

split-complementary

#B5A337 #3788B5 #6437B5

monochromatic

#574E1A #867929 #B5A337 #CDBD5C #DCD08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B5A337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#B5A337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A337

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A337	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)

#B39F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 163, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.127 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd74',
    500: '#b5a337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a337;
$custom-light: #cfbd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71136,
    "c": 0.12678,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A337

secondary

#828CC6

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A337

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

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