#B5A82A#B5A82A

#B5A82A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.139 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A82A
RGB	rgb(181, 168, 42)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -9.04, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 62.59, 98.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0317 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.139 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4781, 37.9976, 7.7609)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A82A #2A37B5

analogous

#B5622A #B5A82A #7CB52A

triadic

#B5A82A #2AB5A8 #A82AB5

tetradic

#B5A82A #2AB562 #2A37B5 #B52A7C

square

#B5A82A #2AB562 #2A37B5 #B52A7C

split-complementary

#B5A82A #2A7CB5 #622AB5

monochromatic

#524C13 #837A1E #B5A82A #D4C748 #E0D679

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B5A82A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B5A82A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A82A

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A82A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A82A	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A20C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a82a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 168, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.139 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc16e',
    500: '#b5a82a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a82a;
$custom-light: #cfc16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a82a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.388,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72121,
    "c": 0.13902,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A82A

secondary

#737BC8

accent

#52E542

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A82A

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

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