#B5A532#B5A532

#B5A532 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.132 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A532
RGB	rgb(181, 165, 50)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -7.11, 58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 58.80, 96.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0255 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.132 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0884, 36.9658, 8.4092)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A532 #3242B5

analogous

#B56432 #B5A532 #83B532

triadic

#B5A532 #32B5A5 #A532B5

tetradic

#B5A532 #32B564 #3242B5 #B53283

square

#B5A532 #32B564 #3242B5 #B53283

split-complementary

#B5A532 #3283B5 #6432B5

monochromatic

#554E18 #857925 #B5A532 #D0C154 #DDD284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B5A532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#B5A532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A532

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A532	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)

#B5A01F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 165, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.132 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf72',
    500: '#b5a532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a532;
$custom-light: #cfbf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.672,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71527,
    "c": 0.13178,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A532

secondary

#7C85C7

accent

#5AE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A532

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

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