#B5A52A#B5A52A

#B5A52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.137 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A52A
RGB	rgb(181, 165, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -7.46, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 61.64, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0273 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.137 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9307, 36.9027, 7.5784)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A52A #2A3AB5

analogous

#B55F2A #B5A52A #7FB52A

triadic

#B5A52A #2AB5A5 #A52AB5

tetradic

#B5A52A #2AB55F #2A3AB5 #B52A7F

square

#B5A52A #2AB55F #2A3AB5 #B52A7F

split-complementary

#B5A52A #2A7FB5 #5F2AB5

monochromatic

#524A13 #83781E #B5A52A #D4C448 #E0D479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B5A52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B5A52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A52A

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A52A	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A00E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 165, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.137 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf6e',
    500: '#b5a52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a52a;
$custom-light: #cfbf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71474,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A52A

secondary

#737DC8

accent

#55E542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A52A

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

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