#B5A834#B5A834

#B5A834 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.133 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A834
RGB	rgb(181, 168, 52)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -8.59, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 59.04, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0295 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.133 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6800, 38.0784, 8.8239)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A834 #3441B5

analogous

#B56734 #B5A834 #82B534

triadic

#B5A834 #34B5A8 #A834B5

tetradic

#B5A834 #34B567 #3441B5 #B53482

square

#B5A834 #34B567 #3441B5 #B53482

split-complementary

#B5A834 #3482B5 #6734B5

monochromatic

#565019 #857C26 #B5A834 #CFC357 #DCD487

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B5A834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B5A834 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A834

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A834	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 168, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.133 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc173',
    500: '#b5a834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a834;
$custom-light: #cfc173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.953,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72188,
    "c": 0.13307,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A834

secondary

#7F86C6

accent

#58DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A834

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

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