#B5A437#B5A437

#B5A437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A437
RGB	rgb(181, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -6.32, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 56.53, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0227 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0226, 36.6520, 8.9488)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A437 #3748B5

analogous

#B56537 #B5A437 #87B537

triadic

#B5A437 #37B5A4 #A437B5

tetradic

#B5A437 #37B565 #3748B5 #B53787

square

#B5A437 #37B565 #3748B5 #B53787

split-complementary

#B5A437 #3787B5 #6537B5

monochromatic

#574F1A #867929 #B5A437 #CDBE5C #DCD18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B5A437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B5A437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A437

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A437	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)

#B39F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe74',
    500: '#b5a437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a437;
$custom-light: #cfbe74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.905,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7135,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A437

secondary

#828BC6

accent

#5FDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A437

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

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