#B5A52F#B5A52F

#B5A52F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.134 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A52F
RGB	rgb(181, 165, 47)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 74%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -7.25, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 59.90, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0262 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.134 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0258, 36.9408, 8.0795)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A52F #2F3FB5

analogous

#B5622F #B5A52F #82B52F

triadic

#B5A52F #2FB5A5 #A52FB5

tetradic

#B5A52F #2FB562 #2F3FB5 #B52F82

square

#B5A52F #2FB562 #2F3FB5 #B52F82

split-complementary

#B5A52F #2F82B5 #622FB5

monochromatic

#544C16 #847922 #B5A52F #D1C250 #DED380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B5A52F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#B5A52F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A52F

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A52F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A52F	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a52f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 165, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.134 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf70',
    500: '#b5a52f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a52f;
$custom-light: #cfbf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a52f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71506,
    "c": 0.13365,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A52F

secondary

#7982C7

accent

#58E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A52F

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

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