#B5A535#B5A535

#B5A535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.130 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A535
RGB	rgb(181, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -6.96, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 57.65, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0248 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.13 101)
XYZ	xyz(33.1553, 36.9925, 8.7613)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A535 #3545B5

analogous

#B56535 #B5A535 #85B535

triadic

#B5A535 #35B5A5 #A535B5

tetradic

#B5A535 #35B565 #3545B5 #B53585

square

#B5A535 #35B565 #3545B5 #B53585

split-complementary

#B5A535 #3585B5 #6535B5

monochromatic

#564F19 #867A27 #B5A535 #CEC059 #DCD288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B5A535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B5A535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A535

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A535	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)

#B4A024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.130 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf73',
    500: '#b5a535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a535;
$custom-light: #cfbf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71549,
    "c": 0.12982,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.36991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A535

secondary

#8088C6

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A535

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

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