#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
RGB	rgb(181, 167, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -8.01, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 58.32, 97.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0278 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.132 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5188, 37.7197, 8.8825)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##B5A735	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #B5A735

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

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