#B5A432#B5A432

#B5A432 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.131 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A432
RGB	rgb(181, 164, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, -6.58, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 58.47, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.024 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.131 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9088, 36.6065, 8.3493)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A432 #3243B5

analogous

#B56332 #B5A432 #84B532

triadic

#B5A432 #32B5A4 #A432B5

tetradic

#B5A432 #32B563 #3243B5 #B53284

square

#B5A432 #32B563 #3243B5 #B53284

split-complementary

#B5A432 #3284B5 #6332B5

monochromatic

#554D18 #857925 #B5A432 #D0C054 #DDD284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B5A432 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#B5A432 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A432

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A432	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A432	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)

#B49F1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a432;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 164, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.131 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe72',
    500: '#b5a432',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a432;
$custom-light: #cfbe72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a432",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.214,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71312,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A432

secondary

#7C86C7

accent

#5CE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A432

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

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