#B5A540#B5A540

#B5A540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.122 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A540
RGB	rgb(181, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -6.32, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 53.11, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0217 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.122 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4380, 37.1056, 10.2503)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A540 #4050B5

analogous

#B56A40 #B5A540 #8AB540

triadic

#B5A540 #40B5A5 #A540B5

tetradic

#B5A540 #40B56A #4050B5 #B5408A

square

#B5A540 #40B56A #4050B5 #B5408A

split-complementary

#B5A540 #408AB5 #6A40B5

monochromatic

#5B5320 #887C30 #B5A540 #CABC68 #DAD096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B5A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B5A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A540

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A540	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.122 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebf7a',
    500: '#b5a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a540;
$custom-light: #cebf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.795,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71643,
    "c": 0.12173,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A540

secondary

#8B93C5

accent

#63D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A540

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

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