#B5A835#B5A835

#B5A835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.132 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A835
RGB	rgb(181, 168, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -8.54, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 58.66, 98.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0292 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.132 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7027, 38.0875, 8.9438)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A835 #3542B5

analogous

#B56835 #B5A835 #82B535

triadic

#B5A835 #35B5A8 #A835B5

tetradic

#B5A835 #35B568 #3542B5 #B53582

square

#B5A835 #35B568 #3542B5 #B53582

split-complementary

#B5A835 #3582B5 #6835B5

monochromatic

#565019 #867C27 #B5A835 #CEC259 #DCD488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B5A835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B5A835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A835

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A835	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)

#B7A323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 168, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.132 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc174',
    500: '#b5a835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a835;
$custom-light: #cfc174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.906,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72195,
    "c": 0.13241,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A835

secondary

#8087C6

accent

#59DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A835

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

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