#B5A640#B5A640

#B5A640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.123 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A640
RGB	rgb(181, 166, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -6.85, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 53.46, 97.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0232 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.123 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6191, 37.4678, 10.3106)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A640 #404FB5

analogous

#B56C40 #B5A640 #89B540

triadic

#B5A640 #40B5A6 #A640B5

tetradic

#B5A640 #40B56C #404FB5 #B54089

square

#B5A640 #40B56C #404FB5 #B54089

split-complementary

#B5A640 #4089B5 #6C40B5

monochromatic

#5B5320 #887D30 #B5A640 #CABD68 #DAD196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B5A640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B5A640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A640

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A640	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 166, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.123 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec07a',
    500: '#b5a640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a640;
$custom-light: #cec07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71858,
    "c": 0.12261,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A640

secondary

#8B93C5

accent

#62D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A640

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

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