#B5A530#B5A530

#B5A530 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.133 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A530
RGB	rgb(181, 165, 48)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -7.20, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 59.54, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.026 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.133 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0462, 36.9489, 8.1869)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A530 #3040B5

analogous

#B56330 #B5A530 #83B530

triadic

#B5A530 #30B5A5 #A530B5

tetradic

#B5A530 #30B563 #3040B5 #B53083

square

#B5A530 #30B563 #3040B5 #B53083

split-complementary

#B5A530 #3083B5 #6330B5

monochromatic

#544D16 #857923 #B5A530 #D1C251 #DED382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B5A530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#B5A530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A530

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A530	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)

#B5A01B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 165, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.133 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf71',
    500: '#b5a530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a530;
$custom-light: #cfbf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71512,
    "c": 0.13303,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A530

secondary

#7A83C7

accent

#59E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A530

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

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