#B5A63B#B5A63B

#B5A63B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.126 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A63B
RGB	rgb(181, 166, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -7.16, 55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 55.58, 97.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0247 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.126 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4831, 37.4134, 9.5946)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A63B #3B4AB5

analogous

#B5693B #B5A63B #87B53B

triadic

#B5A63B #3BB5A6 #A63BB5

tetradic

#B5A63B #3BB569 #3B4AB5 #B53B87

square

#B5A63B #3BB569 #3B4AB5 #B53B87

split-complementary

#B5A63B #3B87B5 #693BB5

monochromatic

#59511D #877C2C #B5A63B #CCBF62 #DBD190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B5A63B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#B5A63B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A63B

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A63B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A63B	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a63b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 166, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.126 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec077',
    500: '#b5a63b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a63b;
$custom-light: #cec077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a63b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.623,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71813,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A63B

secondary

#868EC6

accent

#5FDA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A63B

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

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