#B5A830#B5A830

#B5A830 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.136 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A830
RGB	rgb(181, 168, 48)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -8.78, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 60.52, 98.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0304 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.136 103)
XYZ	xyz(33.5937, 38.0438, 8.3694)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A830 #303DB5

analogous

#B56530 #B5A830 #80B530

triadic

#B5A830 #30B5A8 #A830B5

tetradic

#B5A830 #30B565 #303DB5 #B53080

square

#B5A830 #30B565 #303DB5 #B53080

split-complementary

#B5A830 #3080B5 #6530B5

monochromatic

#544E16 #857B23 #B5A830 #D1C451 #DED582

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B5A830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#B5A830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A830

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A830	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)

#B8A21A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 168, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.136 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc171',
    500: '#b5a830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a830;
$custom-light: #cfc171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.135,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72159,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.38042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A830

secondary

#7A81C7

accent

#56E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A830

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

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