#B5A62E#B5A62E

#B5A62E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.135 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A62E
RGB	rgb(181, 166, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -7.82, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 60.58, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0279 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.135 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1869, 37.2949, 8.0348)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A62E #2E3DB5

analogous

#B5622E #B5A62E #81B52E

triadic

#B5A62E #2EB5A6 #A62EB5

tetradic

#B5A62E #2EB562 #2E3DB5 #B52E81

square

#B5A62E #2EB562 #2E3DB5 #B52E81

split-complementary

#B5A62E #2E81B5 #622EB5

monochromatic

#534C15 #847922 #B5A62E #D2C34E #DED47F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B5A62E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#B5A62E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A62E

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A62E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A62E	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a62e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 166, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.135 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc070',
    500: '#b5a62e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a62e;
$custom-light: #cfc070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a62e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71714,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A62E

secondary

#7880C7

accent

#57E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A62E

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

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