#B5A534#B5A534

#B5A534 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.130 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A534
RGB	rgb(181, 165, 52)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -7.01, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 58.04, 96.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.025 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.13 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1325, 36.9834, 8.6414)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A534 #3444B5

analogous

#B56434 #B5A534 #84B534

triadic

#B5A534 #34B5A5 #A534B5

tetradic

#B5A534 #34B564 #3444B5 #B53484

square

#B5A534 #34B564 #3444B5 #B53484

split-complementary

#B5A534 #3484B5 #6434B5

monochromatic

#564E19 #857A26 #B5A534 #CFC057 #DCD287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B5A534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B5A534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A534

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A534	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 165, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.130 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf73',
    500: '#b5a534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a534;
$custom-light: #cfbf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71541,
    "c": 0.13048,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A534

secondary

#7F87C6

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A534

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

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