#B5A440#B5A440

#B5A440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.121 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A440
RGB	rgb(181, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -5.79, 52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 52.77, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0202 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.121 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2583, 36.7463, 10.1904)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A440 #4051B5

analogous

#B56940 #B5A440 #8BB540

triadic

#B5A440 #40B5A4 #A440B5

tetradic

#B5A440 #40B569 #4051B5 #B5408B

square

#B5A440 #40B569 #4051B5 #B5408B

split-complementary

#B5A440 #408BB5 #6940B5

monochromatic

#5B5220 #887B30 #B5A440 #CABC68 #DAD096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B5A440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B5A440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A440

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A440	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.121 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe79',
    500: '#b5a440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a440;
$custom-light: #cebe79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.282,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71429,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A440

secondary

#8B94C5

accent

#64D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A440

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

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