#B5A833#B5A833

#B5A833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.134 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A833
RGB	rgb(181, 168, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -8.64, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 59.42, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0297 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.134 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6577, 38.0695, 8.7066)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A833 #3340B5

analogous

#B56733 #B5A833 #81B533

triadic

#B5A833 #33B5A8 #A833B5

tetradic

#B5A833 #33B567 #3340B5 #B53381

square

#B5A833 #33B567 #3340B5 #B53381

split-complementary

#B5A833 #3381B5 #6733B5

monochromatic

#564F18 #857C26 #B5A833 #CFC356 #DDD486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B5A833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#B5A833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A833

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A833	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)

#B7A320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 168, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.134 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc172',
    500: '#b5a833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a833;
$custom-light: #cfc172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7218,
    "c": 0.13372,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A833

secondary

#7D85C6

accent

#58DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A833

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

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