#B5A935#B5A935

#B5A935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.133 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A935
RGB	rgb(181, 169, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -9.06, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 59.00, 98.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0307 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.133 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8881, 38.4581, 9.0056)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A935 #3541B5

analogous

#B56935 #B5A935 #81B535

triadic

#B5A935 #35B5A9 #A935B5

tetradic

#B5A935 #35B569 #3541B5 #B53581

square

#B5A935 #35B569 #3541B5 #B53581

split-complementary

#B5A935 #3581B5 #6935B5

monochromatic

#565119 #867D27 #B5A935 #CEC359 #DCD488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B5A935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#B5A935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A935

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A935	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)

#B8A323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 169, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.133 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc274',
    500: '#b5a935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a935;
$custom-light: #cfc274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72411,
    "c": 0.1333,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A935

secondary

#8086C6

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A935

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

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