#B5A82E#B5A82E

#B5A82E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.137 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A82E
RGB	rgb(181, 168, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -8.87, 60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 61.23, 98.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0309 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.137 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5533, 38.0277, 8.1569)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A82E #2E3BB5

analogous

#B5652E #B5A82E #7FB52E

triadic

#B5A82E #2EB5A8 #A82EB5

tetradic

#B5A82E #2EB565 #2E3BB5 #B52E7F

square

#B5A82E #2EB565 #2E3BB5 #B52E7F

split-complementary

#B5A82E #2E7FB5 #652EB5

monochromatic

#534D15 #847B22 #B5A82E #D2C54E #DED57F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B5A82E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#B5A82E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A82E

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A82E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A82E	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)

#B8A216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a82e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 168, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.137 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc170',
    500: '#b5a82e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a82e;
$custom-light: #cfc170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a82e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.222,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72146,
    "c": 0.13678,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A82E

secondary

#787FC7

accent

#54E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A82E

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

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