#B5A545#B5A545

#B5A545 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.118 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A545
RGB	rgb(181, 165, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 61.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -5.99, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 50.91, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0202 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.118 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5867, 37.1651, 11.0335)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A545 #4555B5

analogous

#B56D45 #B5A545 #8DB545

triadic

#B5A545 #45B5A5 #A545B5

tetradic

#B5A545 #45B56D #4555B5 #B5458D

square

#B5A545 #45B56D #4555B5 #B5458D

split-complementary

#B5A545 #458DB5 #6D45B5

monochromatic

#5C5423 #897D34 #B5A545 #C8BB6F #D9D09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B5A545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#B5A545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A545

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A545	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 165, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.118 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebf7d',
    500: '#b5a545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a545;
$custom-light: #cebf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71693,
    "c": 0.11763,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A545

secondary

#9198C5

accent

#66D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A545

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

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