#B5A42C#B5A42C

#B5A42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.135 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A42C
RGB	rgb(181, 164, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -6.85, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 60.65, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0254 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.135 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7877, 36.5581, 7.7117)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A42C #2C3DB5

analogous

#B5602C #B5A42C #82B52C

triadic

#B5A42C #2CB5A4 #A42CB5

tetradic

#B5A42C #2CB560 #2C3DB5 #B52C82

square

#B5A42C #2CB560 #2C3DB5 #B52C82

split-complementary

#B5A42C #2C82B5 #602CB5

monochromatic

#534B14 #847720 #B5A42C #D3C24B #DFD37C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B5A42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B5A42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A42C

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A42C	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)

#B49F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 164, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.135 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe6f',
    500: '#b5a42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a42c;
$custom-light: #cfbe6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.555,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71271,
    "c": 0.13458,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A42C

secondary

#757FC8

accent

#58E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A42C

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

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