#B5A932#B5A932

#B5A932 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.135 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A932
RGB	rgb(181, 169, 50)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -9.21, 59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 60.13, 98.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0315 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.135 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8212, 38.4314, 8.6535)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A932 #323EB5

analogous

#B56832 #B5A932 #7FB532

triadic

#B5A932 #32B5A9 #A932B5

tetradic

#B5A932 #32B568 #323EB5 #B5327F

square

#B5A932 #32B568 #323EB5 #B5327F

split-complementary

#B5A932 #327FB5 #6832B5

monochromatic

#554F18 #857C25 #B5A932 #D0C554 #DDD584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B5A932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#B5A932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A932

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A932	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 169, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.135 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc272',
    500: '#b5a932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a932;
$custom-light: #cfc272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7239,
    "c": 0.13523,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A932

secondary

#7C83C7

accent

#56E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A932

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

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