#B5A538#B5A538

#B5A538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.128 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A538
RGB	rgb(181, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -6.80, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 56.46, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.024 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.128 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2265, 37.0210, 9.1362)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A538 #3848B5

analogous

#B56738 #B5A538 #87B538

triadic

#B5A538 #38B5A5 #A538B5

tetradic

#B5A538 #38B567 #3848B5 #B53887

square

#B5A538 #38B567 #3848B5 #B53887

split-complementary

#B5A538 #3887B5 #6738B5

monochromatic

#58501B #867A2A #B5A538 #CDBF5D #DBD18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B5A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B5A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A538

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A538	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)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.128 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf75',
    500: '#b5a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a538;
$custom-light: #cfbf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71573,
    "c": 0.12775,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A538

secondary

#838CC6

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A538

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

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