#B5A42A#B5A42A

#B5A42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.136 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A42A
RGB	rgb(181, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -6.93, 60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 61.33, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0258 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.136 101)
XYZ	xyz(32.7510, 36.5434, 7.5185)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A42A #2A3BB5

analogous

#B55E2A #B5A42A #80B52A

triadic

#B5A42A #2AB5A4 #A42AB5

tetradic

#B5A42A #2AB55E #2A3BB5 #B52A80

square

#B5A42A #2AB55E #2A3BB5 #B52A80

split-complementary

#B5A42A #2A80B5 #5E2AB5

monochromatic

#524A13 #83771E #B5A42A #D4C348 #E0D379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B5A42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B5A42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A42A

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A42A	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.136 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe6e',
    500: '#b5a42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a42a;
$custom-light: #cfbe6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.662,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71259,
    "c": 0.13569,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.36542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A42A

secondary

#737DC8

accent

#56E542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A42A

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

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