#B5A751#B5A751

#B5A751 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.109 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A751
RGB	rgb(181, 167, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 55.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -6.15, 45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 46.07, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0192 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.109 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3611, 38.0566, 13.3187)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A751 #515FB5

analogous

#B57551 #B5A751 #91B551

triadic

#B5A751 #51B5A7 #A751B5

tetradic

#B5A751 #51B575 #515FB5 #B55191

square

#B5A751 #51B575 #515FB5 #B55191

split-complementary

#B5A751 #5191B5 #7551B5

monochromatic

#625A2A #8D823C #B5A751 #C7BD7C #DAD2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B5A751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#B5A751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A751

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A751	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 167, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.109 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc084',
    500: '#b5a751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a751;
$custom-light: #cdc084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.6,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72257,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A751

secondary

#9BA1C7

accent

#68D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A751

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

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