#B5AA2B#B5AA2B

#B5AA2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.140 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA2B
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 43)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -10.04, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 62.92, 99.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0345 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.14 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8683, 38.7490, 7.9803)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA2B #2B36B5

analogous

#B5652B #B5AA2B #7BB52B

triadic

#B5AA2B #2BB5AA #AA2BB5

tetradic

#B5AA2B #2BB565 #2B36B5 #B52B7B

square

#B5AA2B #2BB565 #2B36B5 #B52B7B

split-complementary

#B5AA2B #2B7BB5 #652BB5

monochromatic

#524D14 #847C1F #B5AA2B #D4C949 #E0D87B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B5AA2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B5AA2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA2B

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA2B	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)

#BAA40E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.140 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc26f',
    500: '#b5aa2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa2b;
$custom-light: #cfc26f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.217,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72561,
    "c": 0.14022,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA2B

secondary

#747BC8

accent

#50E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA2B

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

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