#B5A930#B5A930

#B5A930 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.136 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A930
RGB	rgb(181, 169, 48)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -9.30, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 60.86, 98.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0319 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.136 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7790, 38.4145, 8.4312)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A930 #303CB5

analogous

#B56630 #B5A930 #7FB530

triadic

#B5A930 #30B5A9 #A930B5

tetradic

#B5A930 #30B566 #303CB5 #B5307F

square

#B5A930 #30B566 #303CB5 #B5307F

split-complementary

#B5A930 #307FB5 #6630B5

monochromatic

#544F16 #857C23 #B5A930 #D1C551 #DED582

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B5A930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B5A930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A930

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A930	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 169, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.136 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc271',
    500: '#b5a930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a930;
$custom-light: #cfc271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72376,
    "c": 0.13647,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A930

secondary

#7A81C7

accent

#54E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A930

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

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