#B5A341#B5A341

#B5A341 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.119 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A341
RGB	rgb(181, 163, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -5.20, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 51.99, 95.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0184 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.119 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1088, 36.4013, 10.2822)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A341 #4153B5

analogous

#B56941 #B5A341 #8DB541

triadic

#B5A341 #41B5A3 #A341B5

tetradic

#B5A341 #41B569 #4153B5 #B5418D

square

#B5A341 #41B569 #4153B5 #B5418D

split-complementary

#B5A341 #418DB5 #6941B5

monochromatic

#5B5221 #887A31 #B5A341 #C9BB6A #DACF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B5A341 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B5A341 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A341

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A341	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A341	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a341;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 163, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.119 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe7a',
    500: '#b5a341',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a341;
$custom-light: #cebe7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a341",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.69,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71225,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A341

secondary

#8C95C5

accent

#66D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A341

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →