#B5A736#B5A736

#B5A736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.131 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A736
RGB	rgb(181, 167, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -7.96, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 57.93, 97.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0275 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.131 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5421, 37.7290, 9.0049)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A736 #3644B5

analogous

#B56736 #B5A736 #83B536

triadic

#B5A736 #36B5A7 #A736B5

tetradic

#B5A736 #36B567 #3644B5 #B53683

square

#B5A736 #36B567 #3644B5 #B53683

split-complementary

#B5A736 #3683B5 #6736B5

monochromatic

#57501A #867C28 #B5A736 #CEC15A #DCD389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B5A736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B5A736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A736

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A736	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 167, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.131 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc074',
    500: '#b5a736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a736;
$custom-light: #cfc074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.386,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71987,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A736

secondary

#8188C6

accent

#5BDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A736

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

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