#B5A42F#B5A42F

#B5A42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.133 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A42F
RGB	rgb(181, 164, 47)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 74%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -6.72, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 59.58, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0247 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.133 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8461, 36.5814, 8.0196)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A42F #2F40B5

analogous

#B5612F #B5A42F #83B52F

triadic

#B5A42F #2FB5A4 #A42FB5

tetradic

#B5A42F #2FB561 #2F40B5 #B52F83

square

#B5A42F #2FB561 #2F40B5 #B52F83

split-complementary

#B5A42F #2F83B5 #612FB5

monochromatic

#544C16 #847822 #B5A42F #D1C150 #DED280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B5A42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#B5A42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A42F

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A42F	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 164, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.133 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe70',
    500: '#b5a42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a42f;
$custom-light: #cfbe70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.388,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71291,
    "c": 0.13282,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A42F

secondary

#7983C7

accent

#5AE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A42F

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

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