#B5A430#B5A430

#B5A430 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.132 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A430
RGB	rgb(181, 164, 48)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -6.67, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 59.22, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0245 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.132 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8665, 36.5896, 8.1270)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A430 #3041B5

analogous

#B56230 #B5A430 #83B530

triadic

#B5A430 #30B5A4 #A430B5

tetradic

#B5A430 #30B562 #3041B5 #B53083

square

#B5A430 #30B562 #3041B5 #B53083

split-complementary

#B5A430 #3083B5 #6230B5

monochromatic

#544C16 #857823 #B5A430 #D1C151 #DED282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B5A430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#B5A430 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A430

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A430	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	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)

#B49F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 164, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.132 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe71',
    500: '#b5a430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a430;
$custom-light: #cfbe71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.331,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71298,
    "c": 0.13221,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A430

secondary

#7A84C7

accent

#5AE146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A430

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

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