#B5A43B#B5A43B

#B5A43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.125 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A43B
RGB	rgb(181, 164, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, -6.10, 54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 54.90, 96.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0217 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.125 100)
XYZ	xyz(33.1224, 36.6919, 9.4744)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A43B #3B4CB5

analogous

#B5673B #B5A43B #89B53B

triadic

#B5A43B #3BB5A4 #A43BB5

tetradic

#B5A43B #3BB567 #3B4CB5 #B53B89

square

#B5A43B #3BB567 #3B4CB5 #B53B89

split-complementary

#B5A43B #3B89B5 #673BB5

monochromatic

#59501D #877A2C #B5A43B #CCBD62 #DBD090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B5A43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#B5A43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A43B

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A43B	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 164, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.125 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe77',
    500: '#b5a43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a43b;
$custom-light: #cebe77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71384,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.3669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A43B

secondary

#868FC6

accent

#61DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A43B

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

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