#B5A438#B5A438

#B5A438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.127 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A438
RGB	rgb(181, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -6.27, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 56.13, 96.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0225 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.127 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0468, 36.6617, 9.0763)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A438 #3849B5

analogous

#B56638 #B5A438 #88B538

triadic

#B5A438 #38B5A4 #A438B5

tetradic

#B5A438 #38B566 #3849B5 #B53888

square

#B5A438 #38B566 #3849B5 #B53888

split-complementary

#B5A438 #3888B5 #6638B5

monochromatic

#584F1B #867A2A #B5A438 #CDBE5D #DBD18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B5A438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B5A438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A438

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A438	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)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.127 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe75',
    500: '#b5a438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a438;
$custom-light: #cfbe75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71358,
    "c": 0.12691,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A438

secondary

#838CC6

accent

#5FDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A438

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

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