#B5AA2A#B5AA2A

#B5AA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.141 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA2A
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 42)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -10.09, 62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 63.25, 99.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0347 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.141 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8502, 38.7418, 7.8849)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA2A #2A35B5

analogous

#B5642A #B5AA2A #7AB52A

triadic

#B5AA2A #2AB5AA #AA2AB5

tetradic

#B5AA2A #2AB564 #2A35B5 #B52A7A

square

#B5AA2A #2AB564 #2A35B5 #B52A7A

split-complementary

#B5AA2A #2A7AB5 #642AB5

monochromatic

#524D13 #837B1E #B5AA2A #D4C948 #E0D879

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B5AA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B5AA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA2A

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA2A	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA40B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.141 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc26e',
    500: '#b5aa2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa2a;
$custom-light: #cfc26e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.252,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72555,
    "c": 0.14075,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA2A

secondary

#737AC8

accent

#4FE542

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA2A

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

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