#B5A52C#B5A52C

#B5A52C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.135 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A52C
RGB	rgb(181, 165, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -7.38, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 60.96, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0269 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.135 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9674, 36.9174, 7.7716)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A52C #2C3CB5

analogous

#B5612C #B5A52C #81B52C

triadic

#B5A52C #2CB5A5 #A52CB5

tetradic

#B5A52C #2CB561 #2C3CB5 #B52C81

square

#B5A52C #2CB561 #2C3CB5 #B52C81

split-complementary

#B5A52C #2C81B5 #612CB5

monochromatic

#534B14 #847820 #B5A52C #D3C34B #DFD47C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B5A52C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B5A52C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A52C

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A52C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A52C	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)

#B5A013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a52c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 165, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.135 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf6f',
    500: '#b5a52c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a52c;
$custom-light: #cfbf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a52c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71486,
    "c": 0.1354,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A52C

secondary

#757FC8

accent

#57E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A52C

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

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