#B5A735#B5A735

#B5A735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.132 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B5A735
RGBrgb(181, 167, 53)
HSLhsl(53, 55%, 46%)
HSVhsv(53, 71%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.7%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(67.81, -8.01, 57.77)
CIE-LCHlch(67.81, 58.32, 97.90°)
OKLaboklab(71.98% -0.0278 0.1286)
OKLCHoklch(71.98% 0.132 102.2)
XYZxyz(33.5188, 37.7197, 8.8825)
Luminance0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B5A735 #3543B5
analogous
#B56735 #B5A735 #83B535
triadic
#B5A735 #35B5A7 #A735B5
tetradic
#B5A735 #35B567 #3543B5 #B53583
square
#B5A735 #35B567 #3543B5 #B53583
split-complementary
#B5A735 #3583B5 #6735B5
monochromatic
#565019 #867B27 #B5A735 #CEC159 #DCD388

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46
#B5A735 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54
#B5A735 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A735
8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B5A735#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B5A7351.002.468.548.54
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5421.001.001.00
##0000008.5421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A223
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA83C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C39B90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b5a735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 167, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.132 102.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc073',
    500: '#b5a735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b5a735;
$custom-light: #cfc073;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b5a735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.438,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71979,
    "c": 0.13153,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B5A735
secondary
#8087C6
accent
#5ADE4A
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FAF7ED
border
#D3D0C8
text
#141209
muted
#83817B

Preview Lab

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#B5A735 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva