#B5A72E#B5A72E

#B5A72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.136 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A72E
RGB	rgb(181, 167, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -8.35, 60.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 60.90, 97.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0294 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.136 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3694, 37.6599, 8.0956)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A72E #2E3CB5

analogous

#B5642E #B5A72E #7FB52E

triadic

#B5A72E #2EB5A7 #A72EB5

tetradic

#B5A72E #2EB564 #2E3CB5 #B52E7F

square

#B5A72E #2EB564 #2E3CB5 #B52E7F

split-complementary

#B5A72E #2E7FB5 #642EB5

monochromatic

#534D15 #847A22 #B5A72E #D2C44E #DED57F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B5A72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B5A72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A72E

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A72E	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 167, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.136 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc070',
    500: '#b5a72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a72e;
$custom-light: #cfc070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.778,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7193,
    "c": 0.13592,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A72E

secondary

#7880C7

accent

#55E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A72E

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

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