#B5A536#B5A536

#B5A536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.129 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A536
RGB	rgb(181, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -6.90, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 57.26, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0245 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1785, 37.0018, 8.8837)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A536 #3646B5

analogous

#B56536 #B5A536 #85B536

triadic

#B5A536 #36B5A5 #A536B5

tetradic

#B5A536 #36B565 #3646B5 #B53685

square

#B5A536 #36B565 #3646B5 #B53685

split-complementary

#B5A536 #3685B5 #6536B5

monochromatic

#574F1A #867A28 #B5A536 #CEBF5A #DCD289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B5A536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B5A536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A536

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A536	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)

#B4A025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf74',
    500: '#b5a536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a536;
$custom-light: #cfbf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71557,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A536

secondary

#8189C6

accent

#5DDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A536

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

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