#B5A342#B5A342

#B5A342 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.118 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A342
RGB	rgb(181, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -5.13, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 51.55, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0181 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.118 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1380, 36.4130, 10.4361)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A342 #4254B5

analogous

#B56942 #B5A342 #8DB542

triadic

#B5A342 #42B5A3 #A342B5

tetradic

#B5A342 #42B569 #4254B5 #B5428D

square

#B5A342 #42B569 #4254B5 #B5428D

split-complementary

#B5A342 #428DB5 #6942B5

monochromatic

#5B5221 #887B32 #B5A342 #C9BA6B #D9CF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B5A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B5A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A342

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A342	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)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.118 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe7b',
    500: '#b5a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a342;
$custom-light: #cebe7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.609,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71235,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A342

secondary

#8E96C5

accent

#66D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A342

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

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