#B5A643#B5A643

#B5A643 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.120 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A643
RGB	rgb(181, 166, 67)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 63%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -6.66, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 52.15, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0223 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.12 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7067, 37.5028, 10.7724)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A643 #4352B5

analogous

#B56D43 #B5A643 #8BB543

triadic

#B5A643 #43B5A6 #A643B5

tetradic

#B5A643 #43B56D #4352B5 #B5438B

square

#B5A643 #43B56D #4352B5 #B5438B

split-complementary

#B5A643 #438BB5 #6D43B5

monochromatic

#5C5422 #887D32 #B5A643 #C9BD6C #D9D199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B5A643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B5A643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A643

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A643	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 166, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.120 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec07b',
    500: '#b5a643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a643;
$custom-light: #cec07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71887,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A643

secondary

#8F96C5

accent

#63D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A643

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

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