#B5A436#B5A436

#B5A436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A436
RGB	rgb(181, 164, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, -6.38, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 56.93, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.023 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9989, 36.6425, 8.8239)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A436 #3647B5

analogous

#B56436 #B5A436 #86B536

triadic

#B5A436 #36B5A4 #A436B5

tetradic

#B5A436 #36B564 #3647B5 #B53686

square

#B5A436 #36B564 #3647B5 #B53686

split-complementary

#B5A436 #3686B5 #6436B5

monochromatic

#574F1A #867928 #B5A436 #CEBE5A #DCD189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B5A436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B5A436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A436

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A436	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)

#B39F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 164, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe74',
    500: '#b5a436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a436;
$custom-light: #cfbe74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71342,
    "c": 0.1283,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A436

secondary

#818AC6

accent

#5EDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A436

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

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