#B5A933#B5A933

#B5A933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.135 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A933
RGB	rgb(181, 169, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -9.16, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 59.76, 98.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0312 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.135 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8430, 38.4401, 8.7683)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A933 #333FB5

analogous

#B56833 #B5A933 #80B533

triadic

#B5A933 #33B5A9 #A933B5

tetradic

#B5A933 #33B568 #333FB5 #B53380

square

#B5A933 #33B568 #333FB5 #B53380

split-complementary

#B5A933 #3380B5 #6833B5

monochromatic

#565018 #857C26 #B5A933 #CFC456 #DDD586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B5A933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#B5A933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A933

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A933	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)

#B8A31F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 169, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.135 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc273',
    500: '#b5a933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a933;
$custom-light: #cfc273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72397,
    "c": 0.1346,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A933

secondary

#7D84C6

accent

#56DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A933

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

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