#B5A730#B5A730

#B5A730 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.135 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A730
RGB	rgb(181, 167, 48)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -8.26, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 60.19, 97.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.029 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.135 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4098, 37.6760, 8.3081)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A730 #303EB5

analogous

#B56430 #B5A730 #81B530

triadic

#B5A730 #30B5A7 #A730B5

tetradic

#B5A730 #30B564 #303EB5 #B53081

square

#B5A730 #30B564 #303EB5 #B53081

split-complementary

#B5A730 #3081B5 #6430B5

monochromatic

#544E16 #857A23 #B5A730 #D1C351 #DED482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B5A730 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B5A730 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A730

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A730	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A730	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)

#B7A21B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a730;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 167, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.135 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc071',
    500: '#b5a730',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a730;
$custom-light: #cfc071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a730",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71943,
    "c": 0.13472,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A730

secondary

#7A82C7

accent

#57E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A730

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

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