#B5A635#B5A635

#B5A635 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.131 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A635
RGB	rgb(181, 166, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -7.48, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 57.98, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0263 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.131 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3363, 37.3547, 8.8217)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A635 #3544B5

analogous

#B56635 #B5A635 #84B535

triadic

#B5A635 #35B5A6 #A635B5

tetradic

#B5A635 #35B566 #3544B5 #B53584

square

#B5A635 #35B566 #3544B5 #B53584

split-complementary

#B5A635 #3584B5 #6635B5

monochromatic

#564F19 #867B27 #B5A635 #CEC159 #DCD288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B5A635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B5A635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A635

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A635	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 166, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.131 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc073',
    500: '#b5a635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a635;
$custom-light: #cfc073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71764,
    "c": 0.13067,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A635

secondary

#8088C6

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A635

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

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