#B5A537#B5A537

#B5A537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.128 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A537
RGB	rgb(181, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -6.85, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 56.86, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0242 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.128 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2022, 37.0113, 9.0087)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A537 #3747B5

analogous

#B56637 #B5A537 #86B537

triadic

#B5A537 #37B5A5 #A537B5

tetradic

#B5A537 #37B566 #3747B5 #B53786

square

#B5A537 #37B566 #3747B5 #B53786

split-complementary

#B5A537 #3786B5 #6637B5

monochromatic

#574F1A #867A29 #B5A537 #CDBF5C #DCD18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B5A537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B5A537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A537

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A537	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)

#B4A027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.128 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf74',
    500: '#b5a537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a537;
$custom-light: #cfbf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71565,
    "c": 0.12845,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A537

secondary

#828BC6

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A537

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

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