#B5A338#B5A338

#B5A338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A338
RGB	rgb(181, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -5.74, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 55.80, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.021 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8685, 36.3052, 9.0169)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A338 #384AB5

analogous

#B56538 #B5A338 #89B538

triadic

#B5A338 #38B5A3 #A338B5

tetradic

#B5A338 #38B565 #384AB5 #B53889

square

#B5A338 #38B565 #384AB5 #B53889

split-complementary

#B5A338 #3889B5 #6538B5

monochromatic

#584F1B #86792A #B5A338 #CDBD5D #DBD08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B5A338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#B5A338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A338

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A338	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)

#B29F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd75',
    500: '#b5a338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a338;
$custom-light: #cfbd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71144,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A338

secondary

#838DC6

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A338

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

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