#B5A53A#B5A53A

#B5A53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.126 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A53A
RGB	rgb(181, 165, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 68%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -6.69, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 55.65, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0234 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.126 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2764, 37.0410, 9.3990)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A53A #3A4AB5

analogous

#B5683A #B5A53A #88B53A

triadic

#B5A53A #3AB5A5 #A53AB5

tetradic

#B5A53A #3AB568 #3A4AB5 #B53A88

square

#B5A53A #3AB568 #3A4AB5 #B53A88

split-complementary

#B5A53A #3A88B5 #683AB5

monochromatic

#58501C #877B2B #B5A53A #CCBE60 #DBD18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B5A53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#B5A53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A53A

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A53A	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 165, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.126 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebf76',
    500: '#b5a53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a53a;
$custom-light: #cebf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.195,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71589,
    "c": 0.12631,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A53A

secondary

#858EC6

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A53A

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

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