#B5A435#B5A435

#B5A435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A435
RGB	rgb(181, 164, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -6.43, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 57.32, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0233 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9756, 36.6332, 8.7014)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A435 #3546B5

analogous

#B56435 #B5A435 #86B535

triadic

#B5A435 #35B5A4 #A435B5

tetradic

#B5A435 #35B564 #3546B5 #B53586

square

#B5A435 #35B564 #3546B5 #B53586

split-complementary

#B5A435 #3586B5 #6435B5

monochromatic

#564E19 #867927 #B5A435 #CEBF59 #DCD188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B5A435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B5A435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A435

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A435	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 164, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe73',
    500: '#b5a435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a435;
$custom-light: #cfbe73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.031,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71334,
    "c": 0.12898,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A435

secondary

#8089C6

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A435

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

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