#B5A73B#B5A73B

#B5A73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.127 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A73B
RGB	rgb(181, 167, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -7.68, 55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 55.92, 97.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0262 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.127 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6656, 37.7784, 9.6555)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A73B #3B49B5

analogous

#B56A3B #B5A73B #86B53B

triadic

#B5A73B #3BB5A7 #A73BB5

tetradic

#B5A73B #3BB56A #3B49B5 #B53B86

square

#B5A73B #3BB56A #3B49B5 #B53B86

split-complementary

#B5A73B #3B86B5 #6A3BB5

monochromatic

#59521D #877C2C #B5A73B #CCBF62 #DBD290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B5A73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B5A73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A73B

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A73B	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 167, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.127 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec077',
    500: '#b5a73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a73b;
$custom-light: #cec077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.115,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72028,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A73B

secondary

#868DC6

accent

#5EDA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A73B

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

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